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Kottu Roti
Godamba roti chopped on a hot griddle with vegetables, egg and curry, in a rhythm of metal blades that you can hear…
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Sri Lankan recipes
Coconut, curry leaf and roasted spice blends. 13 Sri Lankan recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 13 recipes cover 4 of the site’s categories, among them 8 dinners, 2 breakfasts, 2 desserts and 1 appetiser or small plate. Of these, 3 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Pol Sambol (15 min), Sri Lankan Pol Roti (25 min) and Sri Lankan Egg Curry (30 min). For 2, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 7 easy, 5 medium and 1 hard.
As written, 6 are vegetarian, 3 vegan, 9 gluten-free and 8 dairy-free. Another recipe meets a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Sri Lankan recipes — all 13 recipes
Breakfast
Egg Hoppers
Fermented rice and coconut batter swirled up the sides of a small bowl-shaped pan, with an egg cracked into the…
Dinner
Sri Lankan Fish Curry
Fish simmered in coconut milk with roasted curry powder, goraka and curry leaves — dark, sour and considerably…
Dinner
Coconut Dal
Sri Lankan parippu: red lentils cooked soft in coconut milk with turmeric, finished with a tempering of mustard…
Condiment
Pol Sambol
Fresh coconut pounded with dried chilli, red onion and lime until it turns coral pink. Fifteen minutes and no cooking.
Dinner
Sri Lankan Dhal Curry
Red lentils simmered with coconut milk, turmeric and a curry leaf tempering. The dish that appears at every Sri…
Desserts
Watalappan
A silky Sri Lankan custard of coconut milk, jaggery and eggs spiced with cardamom and nutmeg, baked in a water bath…
Bread
Sri Lankan Pol Roti
Sri Lankan coconut flatbreads of flour, grated coconut, green chilli and onion, cooked in a dry pan.
Dinner
Sri Lankan Egg Curry
Boiled eggs simmered in a coconut milk curry with onion, curry leaves, turmeric and chilli.
Dinner
Sri Lankan Chicken Curry
Chicken simmered in coconut milk with roasted Sri Lankan curry powder, cinnamon, pandan leaf and curry leaves.
Dinner
Sri Lankan Black Pork Curry
Pork shoulder cooked slowly in a dark, tangy curry of roasted curry powder, tamarind and vinegar until almost black.
Dinner
Lamprais
A Sri Lankan parcel of stock-cooked rice, spiced meat curry, meatballs, aubergine and a boiled egg, wrapped in…
Desserts
Wattalapam
A Sri Lankan steamed custard of eggs, coconut milk and jaggery, scented with cardamom and nutmeg and decorated with…