To most people a menu is a list of dishes one orders from, which could always change. To Galle Fort Muslims, a menu refers to an exact, immaculate combination of dishes that defy alteration. If any single characteristic makes their food uncommon, exclusive, unique even, if it’s possible to speak of a ramparted Galle Fort Muslim cuisine, these combinations, the handiwork of generations of women in the kitchen, play the starring role.
For this reason, Fazeera Ismail, now domiciled in Virginia, USA, set forward to put her recipes together for her children and grandchildren, and now, as she says, “all of you can have your taste buds entranced too by this meticulously and unique cuisine, passed on by generations of our forefathers”.