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[ cracking ] jaffna crab curry, might be for me anyway, the holy grail of sri lankan cuisine. spicy and fiery in a cuisine known for being spicy and fiery already. during the war years, it was hard to get crabs like this; and still is today; the majority being exported to other parts of the country and abroad. but in this time capsule of a home, it might as well still be 1953. i ve been invited here by dr. ravi, his sister, jeeva, and their beloved auntie, best cook in the family. dr. ravi: so there we have it, welcome to jaffna, welcome ....
These are delicious by the way. dr. ravi: they are great, aren t they? anthony: wow. are they toasted, and then? jeeva: with yogurt. dr. ravi: dipped in yogurt, dried, sundried. anthony: it s a beautiful home. jeeva: thank you very much. anthony: built in the 30s? dr. ravi: in the 30s, late british period. anthony: how is it that this remained in the family, that you were able to hang on, that you are still here? dr. ravi: so during the war, the tigers lived here. and then the sri lankan army lived here for a little while. my father kept coming back here making sure that he made his presence known. jeeva: i think the thing is that it was, it has a lot of, you know, family stories, so even a lot of my cousins have a great attachment to this house. can i get you some more crab curry? anthony: please, thank you. thank you, so beautiful, thank ....
anthony: please, thank you. thank you, so beautiful, thank you. so delicious. i ve been to a lot of places, just after really awful, awful conflicts. some nations there is a simmering and boiling sense of injustice, rage, humiliation; particularly when you have large groups of young people unemployed wandering around. do you think that there is any possibility, that if everybody doesn t get their recipe right, that we could see, you know, another generation of adversaries? dr. ravi: generally speaking, people want to get on with it. because, my generation, they certainly don t want to go back to that. i think that generation that might, are the 5-6 year olds at school now, would have forgotten the horrors of war. as you go back your ak-47, my six months in the sun. jeeva: i think i am optimistic, but i think that one of the first things that we need ....
To paradise. anthony: thank you, thank you. these are delicious by the way. dr. ravi: they are great, aren t they? anthony: wow. are they toasted, and then? jeeva: with yogurt. dr. ravi: dipped in yogurt, dried, sundried. anthony: it s a beautiful home. jeeva: thank you very much. anthony: built in the 30s? dr. ravi: in the 30s, late british period. anthony: how is it that this remained in the family, that you were able to hang on, that you are still here? dr. ravi: so during the war, the tigers lived here. and then the sri lankan army lived here for a little while. my father kept coming back here making sure that he made his presence known. jeeva: i think the thing is that it was, it has a lot of, you know, family stories, so even a lot of my cousins have a great attachment to this house. can i get you some more crab curry? ....
To build is to build a trust amongst the people. there are lots of idps still, still in camps, and if they could be given back their lands, that might be useful to also jump-start the economy. anthony: it should be a paradise. i mean look out the window. jeeva: the potential is incredible. mayer hawthorne playing ] blue moon is brewed with valencia orange peel, for a taste that shines brighter. t-mobile s unlimited now includes netflix on us. that s right. netflix on us. get 4 unlimited lines for just $40 bucks each. ....