Though the island is small in size, Sri Lankan Recipes are pleased to introduce an astounding Sri Lankan Recipes in a wide selection of food as well as the methods of cooking. Sri Lankan recipes acquires an abundant heritage of native Sri Lankan Recipes as well as regional cooking is highly special and diverse.

Like in most countries, the common dishes are prepared in villages; to acquire specific Sri Lankan Recipes will be very difficult. They don't create recipes with the aid of a cookbook. Everything is by working through taste and adjustment of seasonings. This is how Sinhalese women prepare their dishes, and there are no women who cook similarly. Every women uses a different ingredient to prepare a Sri Lankan Recipes, therefore how they interpret a dish is entirely special. When Sinhalese women told you of a specific measurement of a seasoning or any ingredient, she will demonstrate it to you with her hand gestures. When you want to prepare a Sri Lankan Recipes, you better take a look on how the women in the country cook their meal and you must make a trial and error method of cooking the food. Once you achieve a perfect meal you should write it down so you can remember how it is created.

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Showing posts with label Rice. Show all posts

Sri Lankan Style Kotta Kiribath

Ingredients : 

800 g finely scraped Coconut
4 Cloves
Coconut Treacle Mix
2 Cups Treacle (Coconut or Kithul treacle)
Pinch of Salt

Milk Rice:
2 Cups short grain white Rice
2 Cups thick Coconut milk
2 tsp Salt
3 Cups Water

Method :  For Milk Rice
Put Rice and water into a pan and bring to a boil.

Cover and cook for 15 minutes.

Add coconut milk and Salt.

Stir with handle of wooden spoon, cover and cook on low heat for another 10-15 minutes (until the milk has been absorbed).

Combine:
Divide the slightly cooled milk rice into two portions.

On a flat dish, evenly spread out a layer of milk rice using one portion (should be at least. 1 cm thick).

Then evenly spread the coconut treacle mix on top.

Cover it completely (including from the sides) with the second portion of the milk rice.

It is important to do all this before the milk rice cools down too much as it will become too sticky to handle.

Method :  

Sri Lankan Style Seafood and Sausages Rice

Ingredients :

300 g Basmathi
1 onion sliced
garlic
green chili sliced
50 g peel prawns
50 g calamari rings
100 g crad
2 sausages
coriander leaves
salt
pepper
1/2 tsp tumaric powder
cloves, cardamom and cinnamon

Method :

Sinhala Pan Piti Pittu

Pan Piti Pol Pittu - Coconut & Flour Pittu Bread

Yield: 1 Servings

Ingredients:
250 g flour, rice
250 g coconut
1/2 ts salt water, hot
180 ml coconut milk, thick

Directions:


Sinhala Dun Thel Bath Recipe

Ghee Rice with Green Peas

This is a popular dish for special occasions, either lunch
or dinner. Goes well with a meat curry and a salad.

Ingredients:

5 cups of long grain rice(Basmathi, Jasmine or Samba)
5 cardamons
5 cloves
1 tsp cummin seed
4 tbsp ghee
2 cups green peas
1 cup raisins
salt to taste

Directions:

Vegetarian Fried Rice


Ingredients   
4 cups of cooked rice
1-2 tbsp ground chilli paste
1 Onion, chopped
4 tbsp garlic paste
1 cup frozen vegetable
1 Potato boiled and cut in to cubes (optional)
4 tbsp Soya sauce 

Salt and pepper to taste 

Method :

Carrot and Egg rice


Ingredients
2 measures samba rice
1 large carrot chopped finely
1 large onion chopped
2 eggs
2 tbs margarine
rampe
salt


Method :

Chicken Biriyani














Ingredients

4 tbsp Ghee
2 big Onions
8 cloves Garlic
2 tbsp Ginger, chopped
3 long large Green chillie
3 medium Tomatoes
4 Cloves
4 cloves Sadicca flowers /mace
1 chopped tbsp Curry leaves
1 pkt Biryani mix (Shan biryani mix preferred)
1 kg Chicken boneless, cut into cubes
1/4 tsp Chilli powder
1/4 tsp Pepper
1 kg basmati or suduru samba
3 Dry limes
2 long Red chillie
4 tsp Soy sauce

Method :

Tomato Biriyani















Ingredients
 
4 Tomatoes
2 Onions
4 Cloves
3-inch Cinnamon stick
1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
few Curry leaves
1/2 cup Coconut milk
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tbsp Chilli powder
1 1/2 tbsp Salt
1 1/2 cup Rice
2 tbsp Oil

Method :

Onion Rice

Ingredients
2 cups Basmati rice cooked (or any other type of white rice)
1 large onion chopped finely
2 large cloves of garlic
3 green chillies chopped
1 sprig curry leaves chopped
3 tablespoons oil

Method:

Nasi Goreng


Ingredients :
2 Eggs
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/3 cup Cooking oil
3 cloves, Finely chopped garlic
1 Finely chopped onion
2 Seeded and very finely chopped red chilies
1 teaspoon Shrimp paste
1 teaspoon Coriander seeds
1/2 teaspoon Sugar
400g Raw prawns, peeled and de-veined
200g Rump steak, finely sliced
1 cup Long grain rice, cooked and cooled
2 teaspoons Kicap manis (sweet soy sauce)
1 tablespoons Soy sauce
4 Finely chopped onions
1/2 Finely shredded lettuce
1 Thinly sliced cucumber
3 tablespoons Crisp fried onion

Method :

Thai Chillie Chicken Rice

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups cooked rice
450 g chicken breast cut into stripes or 1" x 1" cubes
2 crushed garlic
1 cm piece crushed ginger
4 small red chillies (Thai pepper or Bird's Eye Chillie)
1 medium onion sliced
2 teaspoons fish sauce
4 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 1/2 table spoons thick soy sauce or (4 tablespoons light soy sauce)
crushed black pepper
salt to taste
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 eggs lightly fried and scrambled
1 teaspoon chopped basil leaves, lemon wedges and sliced cucumber to garnish

Method:

Milk Rice (Kiri Bath Recipe)

Ingredients
2 cups short grain white rice
3 cups water
2 cups thick coconut milk
2 teaspoons salt
1 stick cinnamon, optional

Method:

Kaha Bath Recipe (Yello Rice)

Ingredients
3 Cups long grain Rice
4 tbs ghee or butter
2 medium Onions, finely sliced
6 Cloves
20 black Peppercorns
12 Cardamom pods, bruised
Rampe leafs
1 ½ tsp ground Turmeric
3 ½ tsp Salt
5 Cups of Coconut milk

Method: