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.

Sinhala Achcharu

Ingredients

15-20 small Onions (pearl or red onions)
10-15 small green Chilies (each split into two halves)
2 large Carrots (cut into thin strips)
1 small Turnip (cut into thin trianguler shaped pieces)
15-20 small Cauliflower florets (optional)
2 cups Vinegar (Coconut vinegar if available would be ideal)
1 inch piece Ginger root (crushed)
6 cloves Garlic (crushed)
2 tbs black ground Mustard seed
1 tbs black ground Pepper
pich of Turmeric
Salt to taste

METHOD: 



Heat 1 cup vinegar in a saucepan. Add onions and simmer for few minutes. Drain the onions and set aside in a large mixing bowl. Add green chilies to hot vinegar and simmer for few minutes. Drain the chilies and add to the onions. Repeat same process with carrots & cauliflower and add to the onions and chillie. Do not heat the turnip but add to the onion mix once cut into pieces. Mix all the vegetables well. To the heated vinegar in the saucepan, add the remaining 1 cup of vinegar and all other ingredients and boil for few minutes. Pour the hot vinegar mix over the onions and vegetables and mix well. Pack into a bottle and leave for a day or two to mature.
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