Sri Lankan food recipes with easy to follow steps

Fish Cutlets

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Anoma Wijethunga

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Fish Cutlets Ingredients 200g Boiled flaked fish 125g boiled potato smashed 1 onion finely chopped 2 green chillies finely chopped 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste Small piece of cinnamon 1 cardamom 1 clove 1 sprig curry leaves 1” Rampe (pandan … Continue reading →

Chicken Curry

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Anoma Wijethunga

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Tasty chicken curry depend on the good quality roasted curry powder, and for the good thick curry, I use roasted and ground grated coconut and rice. you can prepare this and keep for around one month in your spice rack. … Continue reading →

Yellow Rice

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Anoma Wijethunga

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Ingredients 500g Samba rice washed and drained in a colander 2-3 Tablespoons Ghee or butter 10-12 large red onions or 1 onion finely chopped ¼ teaspoon turmeric 2 sprigs curry leaves 2” rampe 5 cardamoms 2 cloves 2” cinnamon 1 … Continue reading →

Spaghetti with Tuna and Garlic

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Anoma Wijethunga

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This Italian recipe was introduced to me by my sister Vasanthi who lived in Italy for 20 years. Thank you nangi for this wonderful recipe. This is so tasty, easy and can make in minutes with just four ingredients. I … Continue reading →

Chicken Tempered with Onions and Roasted Cumin

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Anoma Wijethunga

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This recipe was introduced to my mother from loku amma. It was introduced to her from an Indian lady who rented her apartment. That was in the early 80s. I don’t have the exact original recipe but when I got … Continue reading →

Pol Sambol ( Coconut Sambol )

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Anoma Wijethunga

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In the old days pol sambol was made using the grinding stone (miris gala) or mortar and pestle. But now a days most of Sri Lankans do not use the grinding stone. Hence, this is my easy way of making … Continue reading →

Chillie Paste

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Anoma Wijethunga

50g Chillie flakes
50g Fresh Prawns
50 g Onions
1 tbs Vinegar
1 tbs Soy sauce
½ cup vegetable oil
1 stalk celery
25g ginger thinly sliced
25g garlic thinly sliced
salt to taste

Heat oil fry prawns, onions, garlic, ginger, and celery separately. Grind these to a paste.

Put chillie flakes to a pan then pour oil. ( always chillie flakes should be covered with the oil.) Add the ground mixture. Mix well.

Then add soya sauce, sugar, vinegar and salt.

Mix this well cook stirring in a very low flame for a 1 minute.

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Spices and Herbs

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Anoma Wijethunga

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Coriander Botanical name – Coriandrum sativum Sinhala name – Koththamalli Largely use for curries. This is an essential ingredient for curry powder. Use unroasted for white curry. Lightly dry roasted for the black curry. When lightly dry roasted it … Continue reading →

Tomato Sauce

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Anoma Wijethunga

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Ingredients 1kg 250g Tomato 1 table spoon chopped garlic (or minced) 1 tablespoon chopped ginger 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped red onions 1/2 teaspoon powdered cloves 1/2 teaspoon powdered cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon powdered nutmeg 1 teaspoon salt or to taste 2-3 … Continue reading →

Passionfruit leaves Sambol

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Anoma Wijethunga

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Passionfruit leaves Sambol Ingredients ½ cup Passionfruit tender leaves washed and thinly cut into strips 10-12 red onions and small onion cut into thin slices 2 green chillies cut into thin slices 1 medium tomatoes cut into thin strips ¼ … Continue reading →

Mekaral Mellum ( Long Beans )

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Anoma Wijethunga

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Mekaral Mellum Ingredients 150g long beans cut into thin rounds ½ cup grated coconut 4 red onions sliced 3 garlic sliced 2 green chillies sliced 10-12 curry leaves ¼ teaspoon turmeric ¼ teaspoon pepper salt to taste Put long beans … Continue reading →

Potato Curry

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Anoma Wijethunga

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Ingredients 250g Potato boiled and cut into large pieces 6 red onions (shalots) sliced 4 green chillies sliced ½ teaspoon curry powder 6-8 seeds of fenugreek (uluhal) ¼ tea spoon turmeric (kaha) 1 sprig curry leaves 2’’ Rampe salt to … Continue reading →

Onion and Egg Sambol

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Anoma Wijethunga

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Onion and Egg Sambol Ingredients 2 onions cut into thin slices 3 eggs hard boil cut into 4 4 green chillies cut into thin slices 1 large tomato cut into thin strips ¼ teaspoon pepper salt and lime juice to … Continue reading →

Spring Onion Tempered

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Anoma Wijethunga

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Ingredients 200g spring onion cut into thin 1 onion sliced 1 green chillies sliced 1 garlic crushed 1 tomato chopped 1 sprig curry leaves 1” rampe 2 teaspoons Maldive fish 1 teaspoon chillie flakes ¼ teaspoon turmeric 1 tablespoon oil … Continue reading →