Mary Anne Mohanraj cookbook, Vegan Serendib Recognized by Food Network
Mary Anne Mohanraj published a cookbook, Vegan Serendib which is on a list of Top Ten Vegan Cookbooks of 2022 by Food Network.
Author, novelist and post-colonial academic Mary Anne Mohanraj’s latest cookbook reads like a vegan love letter to her native Sri Lanka and its diaspora. She distills thousands of years of vegetarian and vegan culinary traditions into a vibrant tome of more than 108 recipes. The dishes are geared toward exploring the vast riches of Sri Lankan vegan cuisine through both her mother’s cooking and her own American adaptations. Start with the master recipe for Sri Lankan curry powder, which underscores one of the signatures of Sri Lankan cooking — dark roasted spices — and your curry dishes will be all the better for it. We’re particularly excited to try Kaliya Kari, an eggplant, plantain and potato curry, as well as Palakkai Kari, a green jackfruit curry that Mohanraj suggests pairing with kale sambol, pickled beet salad, and rice for a nourishing weeknight supper.
Mohanraj is Clinical Associate Professor of English and an Affiliated Faculty in Global Asian Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.