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Sri Lankan Chiken, Beef, Pork and Lamb Curries

HOT AND SPICY CHICKEN CURRY

1 Whole Chicken
(a)Ingredients
Black Pepper powder
Red chillie powder
Unroasted curry powder
1 tspn turmeric powder
Salt to taste

(b)Ingredients
1/2 onion sliced
Chopped 2 green chillies
Chopped garlic and ginger
1 Clove,2 Cardomoms and 1 stick Cinnamon
Roasted Black curry powder(kalu kudu)
1 sprig curry leaf
pandan leaf(rampe)
(c)Ingredients
Roasted Black curry powder(kalu kudu)
Tamarind juice or vinegar and Goraka
Coconut milk(optional)
Sri Lankan Chicken curry recipe

Method

Take the skin out of the chicken and cut it into suitable pieces and wash well.Drain the excess water and add all the (a)Ingredients.Mix well and set aside.
Then heat a pot and add a little cooking oil.When it's hot add the sliced onions and brown it well.Then add all the (b)Ingredients.
Now add the chicken and stir it well.Then add Tamarind juice or vinegar and a little bit of water if desired and cook thoroughly.Stir occasionally and cook until all the water is evaporated.At this point if you need gravy you can add coconut milk and bring to a boil.Finally add roasted black curry powder (kalu kudu). Shake well and take the pot out of the stove.





PINEAPPLE AND CASHEW CHICKEN

By Yugalanthini Weerakoon

250g chicken thigh fillets, chopped
1/2 cup cashewnuts
2 cups chopped pineapple
2 tbsp vegetable oil
4 cloves garlic chopped
1 large onion cut in large chunks
2 tsp chopped red chillies
1/2 red capsicum, chopped
1/2 green capsicum, chopped
2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce or fish sauce
1 tsp sugar
3 spring onions
2 tbsp shredded coconut, toasted
Salt to taste

Sri Lankan Pineapple and Cashew Chicken

Method

1. Roast the cashew on an oven tray for about 15 min in a moderate oven, 180*c 350*f/ gas mark 4, until deep golden;allow to cool.
2. Heat the oil in a pan and stire fry the garlic, onion and chillies over medium heat for 2 min; Increase the heat to high and stir fry the chicken and capsicum, tossing until the chicken is light brown.
3. Add the oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar and pineapple and toss for 2 min. Toss the cashews through.
4. Arrange on a serving plate and scatter the spring onion and coconut over the top.
5. Serve immedietly with rice, If you like garnish with coriander leaves.





MUSTARD CHICKEN CURRY

By Damayanthi Eriyagama Peiris

Ingredients

1 kg Chicken
2 tsp black pepper powder
2-3 ripe tomatoes
2-3 onions chpped
2-3 tbsp of Soy sauce
A few capsicums or substitute with any other variety of fresh chilies
a little oil
vinegar
salt to taste
1 inch piece cinnamon
curry leaves
lemon grass
rampe
( rampe, curry leaves and lemon grass could be bought in dried form from any Indian or sri lankan supermaket)

Ingredients for the mustard mixture:
1 tbsp freshly ground mustard paste
a little coconut milk
Sri Lankan Mustard Chicken Curry

Method

Boil the chicken with salt, pepper,vinegar and soy sauce. When cooked fry the chicken with a little oil and then add the left over chicken broth. Fry the onions, capsicums and all other ingredients in a separate saucepan and when well cooked add the chicken and mix well. Then add a little milk (coconut milk preferably) to the mustard and mix well. Now add the mustard mixture to the chiken and cook for another 5 minutes. Good with steamed rice.




BLACK PEPPER BEEF

Ingredients

1 lb Beef
1 large onion sliced
sliced green chillies or sliced bell pepper
black pepper powder
1 tspn red chillie powder
chopped garlic and ginger
1 sprig curry leaves
1 1/2 tspn curry powder
Salt to taste
Cooking oil
Vinegar

Sri Lankan Black Pepper Beef recipe

Method

Cut the meat into very small cubes, wash well and drain the water. Now add red chillie powder, about 2 tspn black pepper powder, salt to taste and mix well and let it marinade for a while.
Heat 2 tbsn cooking oil in a large non stick pan over high heat. Then add beef and stir fry for a while. Now add about 3 tbsn vinegar and cover the lid and cook the beef well. When the vinegar has absorbed
and there's no more juice add a little bit of cooking oil and let the beef get dark. Now add the sliced onions , sliced green chillies or bell pepper and chopped garlic and ginger and stir well. Lastly add more black
pepper powder if desired, stir well and remove from the stove.




TEMPERED BEEF CURRY

Ingredients

1 lb Beef
1 large onion sliced
1 stick cinnamom and few cardomoms
2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
1 sprig curry leaves and rampe(pandan leaf)
1 cup thick coconut milk
1 tbspn Sri lankan curry powder
1 tspn chillie powder
1 1/2 tspn black pepper powder
Tamarind juice
Salt to taste
1/2 tspn turmeric powder
Cooking Oil

Sri Lankan Beef curry recipe

Method

Cut the beef into small cubes , wash well and add them into a pan. Now add turmeric powder, curry powder, chopped garlic, chillie powder, spices, salt and tamarind juice and mix well. Add sufficient water and cook well. While the meat is cooking heat another pan and add enough oil to fry the sliced onions. When it turns golden brown add the curry leaves and rampe and stir for awhile and remove from heat. When the meat is well done add the coconut milk and the tempered onions and mix well . When the gravy thickens remove from heat and enjoy with rice.




CHICKEN BLACK PEPPER CURRY

Ingredients

1 lb Chicken breast
1 large Onion
1 large tomato
2 Banana Peppers(Malu miris) or green bell pepper
Turmeric powder
Chopped 2 cloves Garlic
Chopped Ginger
Rampe
Curry leaves
1 inch stick of cinnamon
slightly crushed Black Pepper
Tamarind
Salt to taste
Cooking Oil

Sri Lankan Chicken recipe

Method

Slice the half of the onion the regular way and the other half in to 2 inch size pieces.Cut the Chicken breasts in to small pieces.Slice the outside of the Tomato in to 2inch pieces and chop the middle part and leave it aside. Heat the cooking oil and add the chopped Onions,rampe,curry leaves,chopped green chillies and cinnamon and let it fry.Then add chopped garlic, ginger,turmeric powder ,salt,sliced chicken and Tamarind juice and let it boil for a while.You will get a nice yellow curry.Do not add water or coconut milk in to it.When it's done add the chopped middle part of the tomato.Then add crushed pepper,Slied tomato(big pieces),sliced banana pepper,Onions(2inch sliced)and a bit of salt and let it simmer for awhile and enjoy it. You can add a little bit of chillie powder but make black pepper the main ingredient.




PARTY STYLE CHICKEN DISH

(This is a very easy to prepare festive dish that everyone will like)




Ingredients

Chicken 1lb
Unroasted curry powder
Turmeric powder
Chopped garlic and ginger
Tamarind or vinegar
1 Cardamom and 1 stick Cinnamon
1 tbsn corn flour
black pepper powder
red chillie powder
salt to taste
Cooking oil or margarine
Sri Lankan Party Style Chicken Dish Receipe

Method

Cut the whole chicken into regular size pieces without skin or you can use chicken breasts.Add turmeric powder,salt,tamarind,curry powder,spices and mix it well.Then add sufficient water and cook thoroughly.
When it's done heat a frying pan and add margarine or cooking oil.When the oil is heated add few chicken pieces at a time and brown it all the sides.
Take the chicken out of the pan and add the chicken gravy that was left from boiling.Mix 1tbsn corn flour in to cold water and add it to the gravy and bring it to a boil.Then add some chillie powder,black pepper powder and mix well.Finally add the chicken pieces and mix well.Can add more chillie powder if desired.




GRILLED CHICKEN WITH BELL PEPPER

Ingredients



4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
1 red or green bell pepper
2 large Onions sliced into rings
Soy sauce
1tspn olive oil or cooking oil
red chillie powder
black pepper powder
Vinegar
Salt to taste
1tbsn ketchup

Sri Lankan grilled chicken recipe

Method

Cut the Chicken breasts into 1inch thick square pieces and wash well.Drain the excess water and add chillie powder,black pepper powder,vinegar,salt to taste,soy sauce,ketchup and 1tspn oil.Mix well and marinate in the Refrigerate overnight or atleast 5hours before grilling.
Heat the grill(I use a George Foreman Grilling Machine) and when it's hot add few chicken pieces at a time and press it well.Cook it for a about 8 minutes or until well done.
While grilling the chicken soak the Onion rings and sliced bell pepper in soy sauce and olive oil.When the chicken is done transfer it into a dish and add the onions and bell pepper in to the grill.When they are brown add it to the chicken dish and mix well.
(when you grill meat all the excess fat is drained and it's a healthy way to cook meat)





ROAST CHICKEN

Ingredients

Chicken legs and thighs with the skin
Red chillie powder
Salt to taste
Soy sauce
Ketchup
Black pepper powder
1 tspn olive oil
Vinegar
Sri lankan roast chicken recipe

Method

Wash the chicken well and drain the water. Add red chillie powder, black pepper powder, salt, 1 tbsn ketchup, 1tbsn soy sauce, 1 tspn olive oil or cooking oil, Vinegar and mix well. Poke the chicken with a fork a bit to make holes for the marinade to seep in. Coat well, cover and refrigerate for 4-5 hours or overnight. After marinating place the chicken in a foil tray and rub them with a little margarine and bake them at 400 F about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and turn the other side remove all the fat and juices that's in the tray.Then place the tray back in the oven for 15 minutes or until well cooked and the sides are brown.






PORK WITH GRAVY






Ingredients

Pork 1lb
(a)Ingredients
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder
Curry Powder
Chopped garlic and ginger
Curry leaves and rampe
1 stick Cinnamon stick
Sri Lankan Pork with Gravy Receipe
(b)Ingredients
Margarine or cooking oil
1 large Oninon cut in to rings
Sliced Bell pepper or green chillies
Black Pepper powder
Red chillie powder

Method

Cut the Pork into thin slices(without the fat).Add all the (a)Ingredients and sufficient water and cook well. When it's done heat some Margarine or cooking oil in a non stick pan and add the pork without the gravy.Brown the sides then add all the (b)Ingredients and mix well.Finally add the remaining gravy and bring it to a boil.If the gravy is not thick enough ,mix 1tbsn corn flour in cold water and add it to the dish.





BAKED PORK DISH(MARINATED IN SWEET BBQ SAUCE)

Ingerdients

1 1/2 lbs. pork chops
red chillie powder
Black pepper powder
Salt to taste
1 cup sweet BBQ sauce or any other marinating sauce
Chopped garlic and ginger
Sri Lankan baked pork Receipe

Method

Wash the pork chops well and cut them into large pieces including the bone. Add chillie powder, black pepper powder, salt, BBQ sauce and chopped garlic and ginger and mix well.Marinate for 6 hours or overnight.
Pre heat the oven 375F and bake the pork in a ovenproof dish for a bout 45 minutes or until well done.






DEVILLED PORK

Ingredients

1 lb Pork
Crushed red chillies
1 large onions cut into 2 inch sqaure pieces
1 Bell pepper or Banana pepper
crushed garlic and ginger
Salt to taste
Ketch up ar tomato sauce
Vinegar
Red chillie powder
1 tsn Sugar
cooking oil
Sri lankan devilled pork recipe

Method

Remove the excess fat from the pork and cut them into small pieces and wash well. Season it with salt and red chillie powder. Heat a pan with cooking oil and add the pork and let it fry until golden brown on the sides. Add vinegar and cook well.When all the water has been absorbed add a little cooking oil and toss the onions and peppers with crushed garlic and ginger. Add a little soy sauce and stir well. Now add crushed red chillies and ketchup. Finally sprinkle a little sugar and remove from the stove.





LAMB/MUTTON CURRY

Lamb or Mutton 1 1/2lbs
(a)Ingredients
Red chillie powder
Unroasted curry powder
1 tsn Garam masala
Black pepper powder
turmeric powder

(b)Ingredients
1 sprig curry leaf
pandan leaf(rampe)
1 clove,2 cardomoms
1 chopped green chillie
chopped garlic and ginger
1 onion sliced
(c)Ingredients
3 tbsn plain yogurt
1 tspn cinnamon powder
Chopped cilantro(corriander leaves)

Sri lankan Mutton/Lamb curry recipe

Method

Cut Lamb or Mutton into small pieces with bone.Take the excess fat out and wash it well.Then all the (a)Ingredients and mix well.
Heat a Pot(use a pressure cooker if possible) and add a little cooking oil.When it's hot add the sliced onions.When it's golden brown add all the (b)Ingredients and stir well.Now add the Lamb and all the (c)Ingredients and mix well.Add a little bit of water and close the lid and cook it well.





CURRIED MEAT BALLS

Ingredients
1 lb. ground beef or raw minced beef
1 onion sliced
2 tspn vinegar
2 tspn salt
1/2 tspn black pepper powder
1 clove garlic finely chopped
Mix the above ingredients together.
Mould balls tightly-each to the size of a small lime and set aside.


Ingredients for the curry
Tamarind juice or 1 tspn vinegar
2 cups coconut milk
Salt as desired
2 tspn chili powder
1 tspn curry powder
1 sprig curry leaves
2 inch piece cinnamon
Little bit of sliced onion
Sri Lankan Curried Meat Balls

Method

Temper the onions with 2 tspn of cooking oil. When it's golden brown add the curry leaves. Then add all the ingredients for the curry, mix well and bring it to a boil. When the mixture boils, carefully drop the raw meat balls one at a time. Occasionally, shake the sauce pan while cooking instead of stirring with a spoon. When its well done, remove it from fire and spread 1 tspn of roasted curry powder. Serve with rice and curry.