Join Ranji Thangiah, also known as Tooting Mama, as she sits down with chefs, cookbook authors, restaurateurs, hoteliers, and food entrepreneurs to explore Sri Lankan cuisine. In each episode, guests share personal stories, food memories, and their favorite Sri Lankan dishes. Expect laughter, life lessons, and even heartbreak, as they reflect on identity, family, and rediscovering their roots. Whether you’re after insights into authentic Sri Lankan recipes, connecting with the vibrant Sri Lankan food culture, or hunting for the best Sri Lankan food spots, Tea with Tooting Mama is your perfect podcast companion. <br/><br/><a href="https://tootingmama.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">tootingmama.substack.com</a>
Tea with Tooting Mama
Claim This Podcastby Ranji Thangiah a.k.a Tooting Mama
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Join Ranji Thangiah, also known as Tooting Mama, as she sits down with chefs, cookbook authors, restaurateurs, hoteliers, and food entrepreneurs to explore Sri Lankan cuisine. In each episode, guests share personal stories, food memories, and their favorite Sri Lankan dishes. Expect laughter, life lessons, and even heartbreak, as they reflect on identity, family, and rediscovering their roots. Whether you’re after insights into authentic Sri Lankan recipes, connecting with the vibrant Sri Lankan food culture, or hunting for the best Sri Lankan food spots, Tea with Tooting Mama is your perfect podcast companion. <br/><br/><a href="https://tootingmama.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">tootingmama.substack.com</a>
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Recent Episodes
June 15, 2026
Samosas to Sigiriya: Urvashi Roe's guide to Gujarati snacks and her four-week Sri Lankan food trip
<p>If you're planning a trip to Sri Lanka, go grab your cuppa, this is the episode for you! </p><p>I met Urvashi a year ago. We attended the same food writing course, held at the British Library. During the course we got chatting and Urvashi revealed she was about to embark on a four-week journey through Sri Lanka, exploring its food culture. I knew right away Urvashi would have to be a guest on my show.</p><p>At the time of recording Urvashi was fresh from a month in Sri Lanka, we talk about the highlights of her trip including Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Dambulla, Sigiriya, Knuckles, Ella, Yala, Galle, Hikkaduwa, Hiriketiya. We talk about the differences between Sri Lankan and Indian food, including coconut use, tempering methods, rice-based accompaniments, condiments, and dried fish culture, plus standout meals like Priyamali Gedara and Ministry of Crab.</p><p></p><p>Urvashi is a former Great British Bake Off contestant. She entered the show as part of a challenge to prove that her middle years would not be boring! And post bake off, ger life has been far from that! She left her career in financial services, is now a successful food writer and cook book author and has also run a community café.</p><p></p><p>Biting, Biting is Urvashi’s debut cookbook which features fast and easy,100% vegetarian and vegan snacks using leftovers and store-cupboard ingredients. Urvashi takes you into the world of Gujarati-style snacking, where nothing is wasted and every recipe can turn into a whole range of snacks. She shows you how to turn a simple potato shaak ( curry) into a samosa, or serve it up on toast with an egg, or stuffed into a parotha or flatbread. </p><p></p><p>Urvashi shares her roots leaving Tanzania to her early childhood in Tooting and Southall. She explains dhokla (a steamed savory cake) and how her book modernised Gujarati recipes, think barfi a fudgelike Indian sweet made from milk powder and ghee reimagined as millionaires shortbread. </p><p>00:20 Meet Urvashi Roe</p><p>01:26 Bake Off origin story</p><p>06:46 From finance to food writing</p><p>10:49 Gujarati roots in Britain</p><p>12:59 Farsan and zero waste</p><p>15:43 Dhokla explained</p><p>19:03 Modern Gujarati leftovers</p><p>20:09 Why Sri Lanka for a month</p><p>21:30 Road trip and car hire</p><p>23:43 Cultural Triangle highlights</p><p>26:32 Sigiriya and mountain retreat</p><p>29:11 Ella tourism reality check</p><p>31:29 Tea factory and heading south</p><p>32:03 Yala Safari Reality Check</p><p>33:36 Gloriosa Flower Highlight</p><p>34:12 Kirinda Villa and Wild Beaches</p><p>35:34 Hiriketiya Foodie Beach Vibes</p><p>37:14 Galle Fort Food Crawl</p><p>38:39 Arak Tasting with Sanjay</p><p>39:34 Hikkaduwa Tsunami and Snorkel Stop</p><p>41:14 Local Innovation and Sri Lanka Pride</p><p>43:20 Sri Lanka Not the New Bali</p><p>44:00 Sri Lankan vs Indian Food</p><p>51:36 Gujarati Dinner Party Menu</p><p>54:35 Urvashi’s Standout Restaurants</p><p>56:13 Next Trip Plans and Tips</p><p>57:54 Where to Follow Urvashi </p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Tooting Mama at <a href="https://tootingmama.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">tootingmama.substack.com/subscribe</a>
March 9, 2026
Love Loss & Legacy: Sav Perera
<p>In this episode of Tea with Tooting Mama I'm talking to Sav Perera, former MasterChef Australia contestant and judge on MasterChef Sri Lanka.</p><p>We talk about her food memories, identity and how MasterChef changed her life.</p><p>Sav shares moving to Adelaide at 18 amid Sri Lanka's civil conflict, while acknowledging the privilege she had as a Sinhalese Buddhist, and reflects on growing up with checkpoints, bomb threats, and a dispersed family.</p><p>We talk about her late mother Chandrika, a long-time and well-loved Sri Lankan Airlines cabin crew trainer, and how cooking helped her process grief after her mother's death in 2017 and revisiting her mother's steamed egg curry on MasterChef.</p><p>Sav explains her love of Sri Lankan flavours, breaks down what real lamprais is, describes Australia's evolving Sri Lankan food scene, and outlines her work in pop-ups, content creation, diabetes advocacy, and bringing her experience as a former MasterChef Australia contestant to judging the new MasterChef Sri Lanka series.</p><p>Sav restaurant recommendations</p><p>Kurumba, Surry Hills</p><p>Hoppers Joint, Melbourne</p><p>Many Little Bar, Melbourne</p><p>Ella, Darwin</p><p>00:00 Welcome</p><p>00:11 Meet Sav Pereira</p><p>01:47 Moving to Australia</p><p>03:44 Civil War Childhood</p><p>06:25 Privilege And Diaspora</p><p>08:18 Lessons From Mum</p><p>12:48 Grief And Cooking</p><p>14:37 Steamed Egg Curry</p><p>17:40 Modernizing Tradition</p><p>21:27 Sri Lankan Food Australia</p><p>26:37 MasterChef Pressure Cooker</p><p>31:22 Purpose And Mum Energy</p><p>32:05 Cooking In Your Bones</p><p>32:42 Ninety Minute Lamprais</p><p>35:05 What Lamprais Really Is</p><p>38:04 Flow State And Food Lineage</p><p>41:57 Building A Food Career</p><p>45:45 Why Not Me Mindset</p><p>49:35 MasterChef Sri Lanka Impact</p><p>53:02 Dream Dinner Menu</p><p>56:33 Jaggery Pudding Breakdown</p><p>57:57 Best Sri Lankan Restaurants</p><p>01:00:29 Where To Follow Sav And Wrap</p><p>Sav restaurant recommendations</p><p>Kurumba, Surry Hills</p><p>Hoppers Joint, Melbourne</p><p>Many Little Bar, Melbourne</p><p>Ella, Darwin</p><p>Grab my free guide to Sri Lankan cooking, and join the Tooting Mama community by signing up for my <a target="_blank" href="https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5fa86c5d699634728277c82a?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYEE20h9DWXXihvOD3u0xEr5ykZ9wfi7Zj7L7K9NvXmghVawzqrqygfj7M_aem_3I51sq9tXQCrJvGXAzoKcg"><strong>weekly newsletter here</strong></a>.</p><p>Find my <a target="_blank" href="https://tootingmama.substack.com/"><strong>recipes here</strong></a>.</p><p>Check out <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/tootingmama/"><strong>my Instagram here</strong></a></p><p>Never miss a single episode by subscribing to the podcast on <a target="_blank" href="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2120654/private/c4443421-fc74-4ba9-a88e-773c4bf378e2.rss"><strong>Apple Podcasts</strong></a>, or <a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/63IfuSJ5DIhleKQqAfrLxi?si=f31c967be7404c0b"><strong>Spotify</strong></a><strong>,</strong> and tell your friends about <a target="_blank" href="https://tootingmama.substack.com/podcast"><strong>Tea with Tooting Mama</strong></a> and my <a target="_blank" href="https://tootingmama.substack.com"><strong>Stubstack Tooting Mama</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Tooting Mama at <a href="https://tootingmama.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">tootingmama.substack.com/subscribe</a>
October 30, 2025
Sri Lankan Travel Stories: Curating Transformative Journeys in Sri Lanka
Sam Clark from Experience Travel Group discusses with Tooting Mama his early travels to Sri Lanka and how they inspired him to create bespoke travel itineraries that promote sustainable tourism and transformative experiences.
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