Friday, May 15, 2020

Couscous -For vegetarians

Couscous for Vegetarians

Ingredients
Couscous 1 cup
boiled water 1 cup
butter 2 teaspoons
Onions chopped
Tomato Chopped
Eggplant 1/2 cup to 1 cup sliced
Carrot 1/2 cup to 1 cup
broccoli 1/2 cup to 1 cup
spring onion or leeks 1/2 cup to one cup
salt
soy sauce or tomato sauce 2 teaspoons
black pepper 1 teaspoon

Method:
Take a large bowl, add couscous and boiled water with butter and cover it and keep a few minutes.
take a separate pan and add oil or butter, fry the carrot, eggplant, broccoli, leeks, and fry for a few minutes. not over fry. add these to the couscous bowl. add olive oil, salt, black pepper, soya sauce, onion, tomato then after and mix everything well. Those who are not vegetarian can add fried eggs, fried sausages, roast chicken or anything you like to this. (Other than the vegetables it can add kidney beans and other beans as well)

This is a healthy meal as all the nutritions can take from one plate.

Health benefits of Couscous:
  • Rich in Selenium. 
  • May Help Lower Cancer Risk.
  • Boosts Your Immune System.
  • Good Source of Plant-Based Protein.
  • Very Easy to Prepare.
source: healthline.com



Thursday, May 14, 2020

Caremal Pudding

Caramel Pudding
Caramel pudding is famous in Sri Lanka as a dessert and at most of the ceremonies, you can find this dessert. It is easy to prepare and without age limit most people like it.


Ingredients:
Fresh milk 40% heated 2 cups
Sugar 1/2 cup
Two large eggs or three medium-sized eggs
vanilla 1 teaspoon
Sugar 2 tablespoon separate for caramel syrup with 2 tablespoons water (just to cover sugar)

Method:
Add sugar to the pan and then water to cover the sugar
mix well until sugar melt and become brown colour and then do the syrup. Add it to the bowl. mix the eggs with sugar and milk and pour it to the sugar caramel bowl and steam for 20 minutes in the pressure cooker.
leave it outside to cool down, then turn the other side and keep it in the fridge for a few hours before serving.

Monday, May 11, 2020

Mushroom curry

Mushroom curry (Hathu curry)
There are different types of mushrooms in the world and in Sri Lanka, Oyster mushroom much famous among the locals. There are different ways of cooking Oyster mushrooms. Oyster mushroom is cholesterol free food and low in sodium.
Benefits of Mushroom And Its Side Effects | Lybrate
6 Amazing Benefits of Oyster Mushroom - YouTube

Mushroom curry
Ingredients:
Mushroom 1 pack
Chilli powder
Salt 1
Turmeric power
garlic 3
Onion 1
Green chilli 1
Coconut milk (thick) 1 cup
Oil  2 tbs
Curry leaves
Tomato 1
Roasted curry powder
Mustard seeds
Pandon leaves

method:
add some oil to the pan and add mustard seeds. When mustard seeds pop-up add sliced garlic, onion, curry leaves, pandon leaves. add mushroom and all other ingredients. salt based on the taste. mix for a while and add coconut milk. this can cook just with oil without added coconut milk too.

Monday, September 9, 2019

Coconut Sambol/Sambal

Coconut Sambol is one of the unique side dishes in Sri Lanka and it is served with Rice, String hoppers, Coconut roti, bread etc. Coconut contains Saturated Fat, potassium, sodium and is also high in rich fiber. Onions are a source of Quertacein and it helps to stay younger and to have better-looking skin. It fights with bacteria and fungus.
To make coconut sambol it is required to have the following ingredients:

grated fresh coconut 
red chilli power 
red chilli flecks 
green chilli
salt
lime juice
onion or shallots 
Maldivian fish or fish flecks (option)

By mixing all the mentioned ingredients it can have tasty coconut sambol. 


Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Sri Lankan Prawns Curry

Sri Lankan Prawns curry
There are few ways to make Sri Lankan Prawns curry. Some people do it mild way and others do it spicy way. 

Ingredients
Prawns 300g
Turmeric power 1/2 tsp
Red chili power 1-2 tsp
Curry power 1/2 -1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Curry leaves 3
Pandon leaves 2
Tomato 2 chopped
Onion 1 chopped
Garlic 3-4 chopped
Ginger 1/2 piece
Thick coconut milk 1 cup
Water or 2nd milk 1/2 cup
Fenugreek 1/4 tsp
Black pepper 1 tsp
Green chili 1-2
Cinnamon 1 piece

Method :
Add all the mentioned ingredients without think coconut milk to a pan and cook with prawns. When the prawns cook well, add thick coconut milk and cook further until the gravy get little thicker. This takes about 10-15 minutes. As the way you like can do the changes in quantity of red chili power. 

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

String hoppers (Iddiappa)_

String Hoppers 

String hoppers famous in Sri Lanka for breakfast and for dinner. This is traditional Sri Lankan Meal which is influenced by South India. There are Special side dishes served with String hoppers such as Coconut sambol, fish curry or meat curry, dhal curry, boiled eggs or egg curry, potato curry and etc. String hoppers made with rice flour and it can use white rice flour or red rice flour. In the market there is ready made string hopper flour to make it more easy. There is special equipment to make the string hoppers and need to steam it. 

One string hopper weight about 28g and content 69 calories, 15g Carbohydrate and 1g fat. To make string hoppers it is required ediappa flour/ dry rice flour, salt, little oil and water. 


Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Sri Lankan Chicken curry (Kukul Mas curry)

Sri Lankan Chicken curry

There are few ways to make Sri Lankan chicken curry and one is cook with water and other cook with coconut milk. All the ingredients can add to the chicken and cook as one style. Other way, it can start cooking with oil and end with water or coconut milk. Chicken is high protein and famous in Sri Lanka. Without any religious different most of the people eat Chicken in Sri Lanka. Chicken curry can eat with Rice, bread, noodles, coconut roti, string hoppers, hoppers, pittu, milk rice, or with any other roti type. It is important to have red chili power, turmeric power, curry power, pandon, curry leaves, onions, garlic, green chilies, lemongrass, tomato, ginger, tamarind, cinnamon, cardamon, cloves, mustard, to make Sri Lankan chicken curry. when it is cooked chicken curry, based on the area some differences can see and Jaffna Chicken curry is different from Sri Lankan chicken curry as it is required different ingredients. Other than the chicken curry, there are deviled chicken, fried chicken and etc.

Couscous -For vegetarians

Couscous for Vegetarians Ingredients Couscous 1 cup boiled water 1 cup butter 2 teaspoons Onions chopped Tomato Chopped Eggplant 1...