Sri Lankan Food

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Maalu Paan (malu pan) - fish stuffed bread

Ingredients:
1 pk. (3lb) Bread & Roll Mix (eg. Robin Hood, Home Style : in North America)
2 x 170g flaked light Tuna
1 small Onion chopped
1 green Chili chopped
1 sprig curry leaves (optional)
1 piece Rampe (optional)
1 piece Cinnamon
1/2 inch Ginger root (crushed)
4 cloves Garlic (crushed)
2 tbs Vegerable oil
Salt, Pepper and Cardamom powder (optional) to taste.
4 medium Potatoes boiled, skined and cut into pieces.

METHOD:
Prepare the bread mix (follow instructions on packet) and leave the dough to rise in a warm place.
Drain the two cans of tuna.
Heat the oil in a skillet (frying pan).
Add crushed ginger and garlic, stir, add onions, green chili, curry leaves, rampe and cinnamon.
Cook until the onions are tender light brown.
Add dranined tuna, stir all together.
Allow to cook for a few minutes.
Add the drained tuna liquid.
Stir and allow to cook until the liquid is dry.
Add salt, pepper and cardamom powder.
Stir until well mixed.
Turn off heat.
Add potatoes and mix well.
Punch down the dough. Devide into rolls (30-35).
Spread each roll on a floured board and add a little tuna mix to the center.
Fold the dough and shape into a roll.
Place on a cookie sheet.
Cover with wet tea towel and allow to rise for about 15 minutes.
Bake at 375 degrees (190 degrees Celsius) for about 15-25 min. or until done.
Serve with CHILI SAUCE!
By substituting minced meat for tuna, you can make Mas Paan.

 

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KOTHTHU ROTI - FRIED BREAD WITH CURRY MIX

INGREDIENTS:
4 Godhamba Roti (see recipe) cut into stripes of
approx. 2" x 1/2" (inches)

2 cups of Curried meat (beef, lamb or chicken) : Follow recipe for
beef curry but make it dry without too much gravy. If using
chicken, use chicken breast cubes without bones.

2 eggs lightly beaten
1 onion sliced
1-2 green peppers sliced
1 cup cubed tomatoes
4-5 curry leaves
1 inch piece Rampe (optional)
3-4 tbs. Vegetable oil
Salt & pepper to taste

METHOD:
- Heat the oil in a frying pan.
- Add curry leaves, Rampe, onion and fry until the onion is lightly
brown.
- Add green peppers & tomatoes and stir for few minutes.
- Add egg and stir well to coat all the onion & tomatoes.
- Add the curried meat. Stir well.
- Cook for few minutes.
- Add the stripes of Godhamba Roti, stir and allow to cook for few
minutes longer on reduced heat.
- Adjust salt & pepper to taste.
- Serve hot or cold with chili Sauce.

You can mix & match other vegetables as preferred.

 

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IDHI APPA (INDHI APPA) - STRING HOPPERS (NOODLE TYPE BREAD)

STRING HOPPERS UTENSILS & INGREDIENTS

String Hopper mold (Instead of the traditional mold, the Indian Murukku
press can be used). String Hopper wattie (woven small circle trays -
available in Sri Lankan grocery stores). Roasted Rice flour (Ready made
string hopper flour (roasted rice flour) is available in almost any store
carrying Sri Lankan food products).

METHOD:
- In a dry bowl take two cups roasted rice flour (flour should be fine
& free flowing without clumps).
- Add 1 tsp table salt, mix well.
- Let 4 cups of water boil vigorously.
- Gradually add the boiling water to rice flour until you can form a
dough that does not stick to the bowl (It is important that you get
the right consistency of the dough, to get the right texture of the
string hoppers - light, fluffy & dry to the touch. Also without the
right consistency, it will be hard to squeeze the fine strings
through the mold).
- Fill the mold with dough and squeeze the fine strings of flour on to
the watties to form lacy circles.
- Pile the watties on top of each other and steam until done.

With one cup of rice flour you can make 6-7 small string hoppers
(4 inches in diameter). It is advisable to make the dough in small
quantities (2-3 cups of rice flour) at a time. String hoppers are
delicious with Kirri Hodi, Lunu Miris or Seeni Sambol, Malu Ambulthial
or Meat curry.

 

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Godammba Roti (GODHAMBA ROTI) - a kind of a thin bread

Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose Flour
1 tsp table salt
1-2 cups warm water
Vegetable oil

METHOD:
Mix the salt & flour well in a mixing bowl.
Add 3-4 tbs vegetable oil. Mix well.
Add warm water gradually while mixing the flour to form a dough that does not stick to the sides of the bowl.
Knead the dough for a few minutes until soft.
Make into four separate balls.
Slightly flatten the balls and generously coat with vegetable oil, leaving it in the mixing bowl.
Cover the bowl and let it stand for 4-5 hours.
Grease a frying pan with a little oil and heat.
Meanwhile, take each ball of flour and flatten it to a thin circle or square.
Put it on to the hot frying pan and cook, turning on both sides.
Serve with hot curry.

 

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HOT SHRIMP CURRY

Ingredients:
500 g small Shrimp
1 Pickled Lime, thinly sliced (see recipe for Lime Pickle)
2 Onions, sliced
1 large Green or Red Pepper, sliced
3 cloves Garlic
2 pieces Ginger
1 tsp black ground Mustard seed
1 tsp Sugar
2 tsps Chili Powder
1/2 cup Vinegar
salt to taste

METHOD:
- Deep fry the shrimp and drain the oil.
- Blend the mustard, garlic and ginger with vinegar.
- Add sugar, chili powder and enough salt.
- Mix well to form a thick mixture.
- Add thinly sliced pickled lime.
- Add the fried shrimp and green (or red) pepper.
- Mix well.
- Serve With rice & curry.

 

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GOVA MALLUNG, SHREDDED CABBAGE

Serves. 6

Ingredients:
250 g (8 oz) cabbage
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 fresh green chillies, seeded and chopped
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
l/2 teaspoon ground black mustard
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pounded Maldive fish optional
l/2 cup desiccated or freshly grated coconut

Shred cabbage very finely. Wash well, drain and put into a lark saucepan with the water that clings to the cabbage. Add all oth ingredients except the coconut. Cover and cook gently until the cabbage is tender but not overcooked, stirring from time to tim Uncover and add coconut. Stir well, and when any liquid in tl pan has been absorbed by the coconut, the mallung is ready.

 

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Fried Rice (Sri Lankan style)

Ingredients:
2 cups Rice (Parboiled)
100 g Cashew
50 g Raisin
50 g Green Peas
250 g Shrimp
2 onions (diced)
2 oz Butter or margarine
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 tsp. turmeric (or preferably Spanish saffron)
2 cloves
2 pieces cinnamon
1 piece lemongrass
to taste salt

Cooking the Rice:
Add the butter to the saucepan and heat for a minute at low heat. Add the rice
and water. A easy way of measuring the right amount of water would be to add
the rice, stick in the index finger on surface of rice and fill water upto the 2nd
joint of the index finger (a little less is also fine). Add salt and turmeric and
bring to boil (if not in rice cooker). Then turn the heat to low cover and leave for
15-20 minutes. The rice should be ready by then.
The other stuff (to be done while rice is cooking)
Add oil to a large pan and heat. Fry the shrimps until brown (well done).
Remove the shrimp. Add the cashew, raisins, green peas, onion with the cloves
cinnamon and lemon grass and fry for about 5 minutes or until onions are a
brown color. Remove from fire and wait for rice.
Finally when the rice is ready add the rice, shrimp and the rest and mix well and
maybe heat for about 3-5 minutes.
The flavor is enhanced if the mixed rice is kept for about 6 hours and then
reheated (microwave) prior to serving.

 

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Sri Lankan Beef Curry

Ingredients:
1lb Beef ( any particular cut is fine)
1 onion
2 tomatoes
4 tblspns roasted curry powder
3 tblspns red pepper powder
1tspn black pepper
3 tspns lime juice (or vinegar)
to taste salt
1 clove garlic
pinch cinnamon
1 piece lemon grass (optional)
pinch cardamom powder (optional)
3 cloves (optional)
1 cup coconut milk (optional)

Wash beef and cut into cubes small cubes preferably 1/4 inch cubes.
Dice clove of garlic. Grind or crush cloves into pieces.
Add all the ingredients and the beef and bring to boil on low heat and
leave for 15-20 minutes. Finally add the coconut milk and boil for 3 minutes.
A dry spicy meat can be obtained, if all the gravy is allowed to
evaporate. This best done in an flat open pan.

 

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Noodles (Sri Lankan Style)

Ingredients:
1pack Egg Noodles
1/4 lb lb grated carrots
1/4 lb French Cut Beans
1/4 lb Diced cabbage
2 eggs
1 onion
2 tomatoes
1/4 lb butter (or margarine)
to taste salt

Thaw the beans and remove any excess water using a paper towel
Add the noodles to boiling water and leave for 2 minutes. Take out and
allow excess water to drain.
Add a little butter and fry the eggs. Stir while frying them to break into
small pieces. Remove the egg and place in a dish to be used later.
Add butter to a large pan at medium heat. Add the onions first and fry
for 1 minute. Then add all the vegetables and fry for 3 minutes. Add salt. Mix in
the noodles and the fried egg.

 

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Green Banana Curry

Ingredients:
2 bananas (the cookable variety)
1/4 cup oil
1/4 cup milk (coconut or dairy)
2 tblspns unroasted curry powder
1/2 tblspn mustard
1 tspn turmeric
1 onion
to taste salt
1 tspn sugar
1 tblspn lime juice (or vinegar)

Peel skin of banana using a knife. Cut into thin slices.
Fry sliced banana in oil until a light brown color. Once banana have
fried remove and place on paper towels to remove any excess oil.
Add milk, curry powder, mustard, turmeric, onion, salt, sugar and
vinegar into a pot and bring to boil at low heat. Then add the fried banana and
cook for 2 minutes at low heat.

 

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Green Bean Curry (new)

Ingredients:
1/2 lb frozen french beans
2 tblspns oil
2 tblspns curry powder
1 tblspns mustard
1 tspn turmeric powder
1 onion
1 clove garlic
to taste salt
pinch cinnamon

Thaw beans. Dice onions and clove of garlic.
Add the beans to an pan containing oil at low heat. Fry the beans at
medium to low heat at for 5 minutes. Add curry powder, mustard, turmeric,
onion, salt and cinnamon, mix well and cook for 3 minutes at low heat.

 

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Beet Salad

Ingredients:
1Can Sliced Beets
2 Tomatoes
1 Onion
2 Green peppers
1 tblsspn black pepper powder
to taste salt
1 tblspn lime juice

Slice onions and green pepper and tomatoes
Take salad dish. Add beet, tomatoes, onions and sliced green peppers.
Add black pepper salt and lime juice and mix well. Rearrange the tomatoes,
green pepper and beets for visual effect.

 

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Spinach with Coconut

Ingredients:
12 oz Frozen Chopped Spinach
1-2 ozs Desiccated Coconut
1 Onion
1 tablspn Lime Juice
2 tblspns oil
1 tblspn Red Pepper Powder (optional)
1-2 oz Small Dried Shrimp (available at Oriental Grocery
Store)(optional)

Thaw spinach and squeeze out excess water. Dice onion. Dice shrimp if
fresh shrimp is used.
Heat oil in pan at medium heat. Add shrimp and onions and fry for 1-2
minutes. Add spinach and mix well. Immediately add lime juice, salt and red
pepper. Stir in pan for a 2 minutes at medium heat. Mix in desiccated coconut
and heat for 2 minutes.

 

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Spinach with Lentils

Ingredients:
1lb Fresh Spinach (or Frozen chopped 12 oz package)
1/2 cup Orange lentils
1/2 cup coconut milk
2 tblspns mustard
2 tblspns unroasted curry powder
1 tblsspoon turmeric powder
to taste salt
1 onion
1 clove garlic
1 green pepper
pinch cinnamon (optional)
pinch lemon grass (optional)
1 cup water

Clean spinach and cut into small pieces. Dice garlic clove, onion and
green pepper
Wash lentils and mix with spinach. Add all spices, onion, garlic, green
pepper, cinnamon and lemon grass with lentils and spinach and boil for 10
minutes at medium heat. Finally add salt and coconut milk and cooking for 2
minutes on low heat.

 

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Cucumber salad (to accompany curries)

Ingredients:
1 cucumber
1 onion
2 small green peppers
1 tomato
1 tsps Black pepper powder
to taste salt
pinch sugar
1 tsp lemon (or lime) juice

Slice cucumber, onions, green pepper and tomato. Put into a plastic bag
and add lemon juice, salt, sugar and black pepper powder.

 

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Spicy Potatoes

Ingredients:
1lb potatoes
1 onion
2 tsps Hot pepper powder
2 tblsps Oil
1 clove (tsp) Garlic (powder)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp mustard
2 small green peppers
Boil or bake potatoes. Peel of skin and cut into cubes. Slice onions and
green pepper.
To a large pan add the oil and heat. Add onions and fry for a minute.
Then add hot pepper powder, garlic, salt, sugar and mustard and stir in for
about 2 minutes. Finally add potatoes and green pepper mix in and cook for 3
minutes you can eat.

 

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Kukulmas Curry - Chicken Curry

Ingredients:
1lb Chicken
2-3 tblsps Roasted (black) curry powder
2 tsps Hot pepper powder
2 oz milk (Coconut or Cows)
2 tsps Vinegar (or lime
to taste Salt
2 cloves Garlic
1 Onion
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
2 tblsps Oil

Cut the chicken into small pieces and wash well. Dice onions. Cut the
garlic into small pieces.
Add the chicken, spices, vinegar and salt and mix well. Allow to
marinate for some time (optional). Place on very low fire and heat for some
time. After about 10 minutes the heat may be increased to a slow heat. Cook for
20 minutes. 5 minutes before taking down add the milk.

 

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Egg plant curry

Ingredients:
1 (approx 1lb) Egg plant
1oz oil
1oz milk (Coconut or Cows)
2 tsps Curry powder
1 tsps Red pepper powder
to taste salt
pinch sugar
2 tsps vinegar (or lime)
One onion

Wash Egg plant and cut into small pieces. Add oil to frying pan, and heat to
boiling point. Add egg plant and fry until a light brown color (golden color).
Allow to drain on paper towel to remove excess oil. Add the fried Egg plant,
milk, curry powder, red pepper, salt, sugar, and vinegar to a pot and cook for
3 minutes.

 

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SriLankan Rolls (Chinese Rolls)

Stuffing (note you can use any stuffing of your choice, even Stove Top)
1/2 lb boneless chicken (could substitute 12 oz can of Jack Mackerel)
1 lb potatoes
1/2 lb onion
2 tblspns red pepper
4 tblspns roasted curry powder
1/4 cup oil
to taste salt
Pastry ( maybe any other pancake mix could be used)
1/2 lb flour
2 cups milk (coconut or dairy)
1 egg
to taste salt
Breading and Deep Frying
3 cups oil
2 eggs
1 can bread crumbs

First make the stuffing. Boil the potatoes and peel of jackets. Cut
chicken into small pieces. Dice onions.
Add the oil to a pan at medium heat. Add the onions, chicken, and
potatoes in that order leaving about half a minute between each and leave for 4
minute. Add the roasted curry powder, red pepper powder and salt and cook for
5 minutes. Remove from stove and place where it is easily accessible.
Now for the pancakes. Mix the flour, milk and eggs using a mixer. Heat
a non stick pan which has been wiped with paper towel soaked in butter or oil.
Pour in batter to barely cover the bottom of the pan. Heat at low heat for a
minute. Remove the pancake. Place on a plate and place stuffing on top. Tuck
in the sides of the pancake to make parallel edges. Roll the pancake to make a
roll.
Continue making the pancakes and the rolls from them. Do not allow the
pancakes to cool or stand before adding the stuffing as this makes the pancake
less malleable.
Finally dip each roll into beaten egg and coat all round. Then coat with bread
crumbs and deep fry until medium brown color.

 

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Roasted Curry Powder

Start with 100 gms raw yellow curry powder. Add about a 1 tablespoon
fennel seed, 1 tablespoon garlic powder , 2 pieces lemon grass , 2 cloves, 3
cardamoms , 2 pieces cinnamon and 1 tablespoon mustard seed and roast in a
frying pan at low heat for about 3 minutes or until dark brown in color. Then
remove and grind to a powder.