what do u think of SRI LANKAN food?

Answer 1

Sri Lankans use two different curry powders. One is referred to as plain
curry powder and very similar to the Indian yellow curry powder obtainable
from a Oriental or Indian grocery store. The other curry powder is referred to
as black (black-dark brown in color) or roasted curry powder and is used for
meats.
The yellow curry powder can be used as the base to make the black
curry powder. This method is given in the beginning of the booklet.


Coconut Milk

Coconut milk ( the milk obtained from squeezing the meat of the
coconut) is a central to Sri Lankan cooking. However as milk is made every
day, this process of obtaining the milk is quite tedious. Nestle have been
manufacturing powdered coconut milk in Sri Lanka for over a decade and as
such has made it much easier to cook Sri Lankan style.
Dairy milk can be substituted at times. However occasions where lime
or lemon juice is used there is a good possibility of dairy milk curdling.


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.


SriLankan 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 tblspnsred pepper
4 tblspnsroasted curry powder
1/4 cup oil
to tastesalt
Pastry ( maybe any other pancake mix could be used)
1/2 lb flour
2 cups milk (coconut or dairy)
1egg
to tastesalt
Breading and Deep Frying
3 cupsoil
2 eggs
1 canbread 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.





Egg plant curry
Ingredients
1 (approx 1lb)Egg plant
1ozoil
1ozmilk (Coconut or Cows)
2 tspsCurry powder
1 tspsRed pepper powder
to tastesalt
pinchsugar
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.





Chicken Curry
Ingredients
1lb Chicken
2-3 tblsps Roasted (black) curry powder
2 tspsHot pepper powder
2 ozmilk (Coconut or Cows)
2 tspsVinegar (or lime
to tasteSalt
2 clovesGarlic
1 Onion
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
2 tblspsOil

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.





Spicy Potatoes
Ingredients
1lbpotatoes
1 onion
2 tspsHot pepper powder
2 tblspsOil
1 clove (tsp)Garlic (powder)
1 tspsalt
1 tspsugar
1 tspmustard
2small 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.





Cucumber salad (to accompany curries)
1cucumber
1onion
2small green peppers
1tomato
1 tspsBlack pepper powder
to tastesalt
pinchsugar
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.





Yellow Fish curry (not spicy)
1Lb King fish (or Salmon or Tuna or Shark or Scallops )
2 cups coconut milk
3 cups water
1onion
2tablspmustard
1tspn turmeric
1 tspgarlic
to tastesalt
1 tblspnlime juice

Wash the fish and cut steaks into cubes. Add water, onions, salt garlic,
mustard and fish cook for 15 minutes. Add coconut milk allow to stand for 1
minute. Finally add the lime juice.





Fish Curry (Hot & Spicy)
1lbTuna (or Shark, Red Mullet)
4 tablspn Red pepper powder
2 tblspoonsunroasted curry powder
1tablspnblack pepper
4 cups water
2 tablspns vinegar
to tasteSalt
1 clovegarlic

Wash fish and cut into cubes. Add vinegar and salt and knead into the
fish. Then mix in red pepper powder, curry powder, black pepper and garlic
and cook for 20 minutes.





Spinach with Lentils
1lbFresh Spinach (or Frozen chopped 12 oz package)
1/2 cupOrange lentils
1/2 cup coconut milk
2 tblspns mustard
2 tblspns unroasted curry powder
1 tblsspoon turmeric powder
to tastesalt
1onion
1 clovegarlic
1green pepper
pinchcinnamon (optional)
pinchlemon grass (optional)
1 cupwater

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.





Spinach with Coconut

12 ozFrozen Chopped Spinach
1-2 ozsDesiccated Coconut
1Onion
1 tablspnLime Juice
2 tblspnsoil
1 tblspnRed Pepper Powder (optional)
1-2 ozSmall 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.





Beet Salad

1Can Sliced Beets
2Tomatoes
1Onion
2Green peppers
1 tblsspn black pepper powder
to tastesalt
1 tblspnlime 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.





Okra
1 lb packetFrozen Okra
4-5 tblsspns oil
2 tbspns mustard
1tblspnsunroasted curry powder
1 tblspnsturmeric
1onion
1green pepper
pinchcinnamon
to tastesalt
1tblsspnsugar
1 tblspnlime

Dice onions green pepper. Thaw okra and dry with paper towels.
Add oil to a pan on medium heat. Fry the okra until golden brown.
Then add mustard, turmeric, curry powder, onion, green pepper, cinnamon,
salt and sugar and cook for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and add lime juice.





Green beans
1/2 lb frozen french beans
2 tblspns oil
2 tblspns curry powder
1 tblspns mustard
1 tspnturmeric powder
1onion
1 clovegarlic
to tastesalt
pinchcinnamon

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.





Potato Curry
1 lbpotatoes
1cup milk (Dairy or Coconut)
2 tblspns mustard
2 tblspns unroasted curry powder
1 tspnsturmeric powder
1onion
1green pepper
to tastesalt
pinchlemon grass

Boil potatoes and remove off skin. Cut potatoes into cubes. Dice onions
and green pepper.
Add potato cubes, mustard, curry powder, turmeric, salt and milk and
bring to boil. Then add oil to a different pan at medium heat. Temper onions
and green pepper for a minute. Add the contents of the first pot and bring to boil
again.





Spicy Onions
1lb onions
1/2cup oil
4 tspspns red pepper powder
4 tspnsSmall Dried Shrimp (optional)
3 tspnsvinegar
2 tspnssugar
to tastesalt
1 clovegarlic
1green pepper
pinchcinnamon (optional)
1 piecelemon grass (optional)

Slice onions. Dice green pepper and clove of garlic.
Add onions to oil in a pan at medium heat. Allow onions to fry until
light brown in color. Then add the red pepper, diced green pepper, garlic,
cinnamon, lemon grass and stir in well at medium heat for 3 minutes. Finally
add vinegar, sugar and cinnamon and leave at low heat for 2 minutes.






Green Banana curry
2bananas (the cookable variety)
1/4 cupoil
1/4 cup milk (coconut or dairy)
2 tblspnsunroasted curry powder
1/2 tblspnmustard
1 tspnturmeric
1onion
to tastesalt
1 tspnsugar
1 tblspnlime 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.






Beef Curry
1lb Beef ( any particular cut is fine)
1onion
2 tomatoes
4 tblspnsroasted curry powder
3 tblspns red pepper powder
1tspn black pepper
3 tspns lime juice (or vinegar)
to tastesalt
1 clovegarlic
pinchcinnamon
1 piecelemon grass (optional)
pinchcardamom powder (optional)
3 cloves (optional)
1 cupcoconut 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.




Noodles (Sri Lankan Style)
1packEgg Noodles
1/4 lblb grated carrots
1/4 lb French Cut Beans
1/4 lb Diced cabbage
2 eggs
1onion
2tomatoes
1/4 lbbutter (or margarine)
to tastesalt

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.





Watalappan
Ingredients
2 cupsThick Coconut Milk
1/2 lbBrown Sugar
4Eggs
PinchCardamoms (Optional)
3Cloves (Optional)
Raisins, Cashew,

Beat the eggs in a mixer. Add the coconut milk, brown sugar
cardamoms and cloves to the beaten eggs mix well. Add the mixture into a pot
and steam for 20 minutes. Add raisins.
Altrenatively the mixture can be added into multiple small aluminum
bakimg foils and then steamed. The time required for steaming is about 5-10
minutes for this method




Fried Rice (Sri Lankan style)

Ingredients
2 cupsRice (Parboiled)
100 g Cashew
50 gRaisin
50 g Green Peas
250 gShrimp
2 onions (diced)
2 ozButter or margarine
1/4 cupvegetable oil
1/2 tsp. turmeric (or preferably Spanish saffron)
2 cloves
2 pieces cinnamon
1 piecelemongrass
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.

Answer 2

I have had some curry dishes before from a few different cultures, but not Sri Lanka. I have never had any Sri Lankan food, but InshaAllah, I will have opportunity soon.

Answer 3

Wonderful, I lived in Sri lanka or Ceylon ,as it used to be known.
The food is generaly like that of the south of India, hot and spicey. The use of coconut milk gives a super flavour.

Many of the dishes are fish,or vegetables, a large proportion of the population are vegeterian, for both reasons of, religion and poverty.

Popular meat is chicken and goat.

Beef is not common as the cow is a sacred animal to the Hindus.

I have hundreds of recipes from this island and am always prepared to share them.

Answer 4

Love Sri Lankan Food esp. lamprais and hoppers

Answer 5

Love the stuff, grew up on it. Now that I am married we don't eat it as much as I did at my parents.

For people who don't know it is a different flavour of spices than East Indian food, but close to the same idea.

Answer 6

I always make Sri Lankan food at home ......they are healthy and tasty.........

Answer 7

Their fried food is delicious because they use coconut oil. Unfortunately it's high in saturated fat, but you can partly counter the health hazards of that by eating their seafood, which is also excellent.

Answer 8

I think they eat it in Sri Lanka..

Answer 9

Never ate any so I don't know what it is, sorry.

Answer 10

Spicy, hot, tasty....

Answer 11

i dont know what that is