Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Preparations to feed 300+ guests for dinner on 30th March 2012


All hands on Deck! 20 helpers to cook for the night's guests


Oh What a sight?


The cooks surround the pot


What scrummy dish is that I see?


Akila and Issanka


Mahesh after a long drive the previous day coming to Ratmale only at 9.30pm in the cab.


As usual only imbibing and not working!


Pol Kiri for the curries


Cooking in progress





The pose


Fried fresh lake fish


Leela at work


Akila and Sagara pretending to work


Who is pouring the oil?


Women at work and the men at play


Pouring the coconut oil into the huge wok!


Tell me who bends down more than a cook in rural Sri Lanka


Cooks X 20!!


End of the cooking


Unloading stuff from the cab


At the well towards the evening


Clearing and cleaning at the well


Final supervision by Leela (Shashika's Mom)


Final Preparations for serving the dinner


Food Served on a Nelum Kolaya (Leaf of the water plant Nelum)


At nightfall with the reflections over the ponds

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