Free cookery demonstration for our Sri Lankan food
Free Sri Lankan cookery demonstration
We offer a free Sri Lankan cookery demonstration when the guests at GlenMyu Estate order our Sri Lankan sharing platter.
It’s not just informative and fun, at the end of the demonstration, you get to eat a delicious meal!
Sri Lankan Food - The next big thing?
We love Sri Lankan food and, with the recent success of Sri Lankan contestants on Masterchef, that it will reach a wider audience.
Both Brin Pirpathan on UK Masterchef and Sav Perera on Australian Masterchef in 2024 have highlighted what a great cuisine there is on this paradise island.
Brin won UK Masterchef and Sav came this on Australian Masterchef.
We believe that Sri Lankan cuisine is so good that it should be sampled by more people. Perhaps it will be the next big thing to break through as a culinary powerhouse.
Not a Masterchef but....
We don’t have a Masterchef, however, we do have Ru’s mother who has been cooking Sri Lankan food for over fifty years!
She loves showing guests how she cooks the dishes that make up our Sri Lankan sharing platter. Ru translates and adds a bit of colour to her mothers entertaining cookery demonstration.
She loves to hear how much our guests like her food and always is eager to get feedback the following morning.
The cooking demonstration normally starts between 4 pm and 4.30 pm, so it is suitable if you are staying more that one night at GlenMyu Estate.
What is the GlenMyu Estate Sri Lankan sharing platter?
Our Sri Lankan sharing platter usually consists of six or seven vegetarian dishes accompanied by paratha (flatbreads) or rice.
It’s a filling meal and a meat, poultry or fish dish is not required. You will get a nutritionally balanced meal and will not need any additional dishes.
The individual dishes Ru and her mother prepare will depend on availably of ingredients.
However, our Sri Lankan sharing platter normally consists of the following:
Jackfruit Curry (the Jackfruit is harvested from the trees next to our lawn).
Aubergine/Egg Plant Curry (one of my favourite dishes)
Kollu (a dish found only locally to the estate which is similar to satay but full of protein).
Banana flower curry
Dhal curry (lentil curry)
Mallum (a healthy mixture of shredded leaves picked from the garden)
A sample of what we do at our complimentary Sri Lankan cooking demonstration.
If the weather is good we cook at our traditional Sri Lankan kitchen which is outside.
The curries taste great when they are cooked on a wood fire in locally sourced clay pots.
Here are some videos which reflect the relaxing, informative and entertaining cookery demonstration.
You can subscribe to our YouTube channels for GlenMyu Estate and Ru’s Recipes.
Trying the recipes at home
We love it when our guests send us messages and photos of them preparing some of the dishes when they return home.
Stay at GlenMyu Estate to explore the Sri Lankan Hill Country
GlenMyu Estate is listed on Booking.com and Airbnb.
Contact us by the WhatsApp button on our website for direct booking rates.
Stay at GlenMyu Estate as you explore the Sri Lankan Hill Country
See sights like Horton Plains National Park is a unique experience.
We only have three bedrooms and you will need to book early during the peak holiday season.
The estate is usually within an hours drive of the major sightseeing locations such as Nine Arch Bridge, Ella Town, Upper Diyaluma Waterfall, Lipton’s Seat, Bambarakanda Waterfall and many more.
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