Let's Make Sri Lankan Food!

In my church, there is a program for exchange students or international students. The name of the program is Sa Rang Bang, which means a place filled with love in Korean. Every Tuesday or Friday, some Korean assistants and foreign students gather together and experience Korean culture. For example, we watch Korean movie, learn Korean through K-POP, make Korean traditional food, go to palaces in Seoul, and so on.

Meanwhile, a chief assistant suggested an idea that it would be good for international members of Sa Rang Bang to make their own country’s traditional food. Many people welcomed the idea and ‘Imali’ from Sri Lanka was chosen to be the first hitter. Therefore, we came to eat Sri Lankan curry this week.

We made three kinds of curries: Dal curry, Chicken Curry, and Pumpkin Curry. At first, I thought that one would choose the curry which matches with each one’s tastes. So it was a little boring to wait until the cooking was over. However, in the way of Sri Lankan culture, we must mix three of them in one bowl. Besides, we had to eat the curry rice using hands. It was a little shocking because I was not used to that kind of culture, but after a while it seemed to be more delicious with that way.

For so long, I have taught or introduced Korean culture to foreigners. So, it was new and happy time for me to go through and understand another culture. I hope there would be more and more people from another country to country in Sa Rang Bang!