Sri Lankan sari and cooking

We learned how to make Sri Lankan cutlets. They are small balls made with potato, tuna and some spices. They were really delicious. Mrs Navaratne and her frien

ds helped us to make some cutlets in our classroom and we ate them for lunch with lots of other wonderful food cooked by other classes on our cultural day. We took turns to do different things in preparing the cutlets.

We helped to mash the potatoes and it was hard work. Mrs Navaratne and her friends showed us exactly what to do. We wrote down the recipe and the ingredients so that we could cook the cutlets at home or again at school one day. We had not eaten cutlets before but they were fun to make.

Mrs Navaratne ( lady on the right) is wearing a beautiful sari. She and Mrs de Silva showed the children at school how to put on a Sri Lankan Sari. The sari is made up of a long piece of silk or cotton material which is carefully wound around the lady and worn over a jacket .

The Sri Lankan sari is put on in a different way to an Indian sari. They are made with lovely materials and they both look very beautiful and graceful on ladies.