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Rice : Top four popular rice side dishes from Sri Lanka

Published by Kalani M

Crowd pleasing rice sides Ghee Rice / Malay herb ghee rice The flavorful dish is very easy and straight forward to make. Ghee rice and it’s variations are a popular choice when it comes to wedding menu creations in Sri Lanka. Medium or short grain raw rice is perfect for making this rice side dish. At my home whenever I want to make Ghee rice I use ponni raw rice from the Indian grocery store. If not, you could use Basmati rice, if that what you can easily find. Ingredients 4 cups of rice Two medium red onions One inch piece of lemongrass 3 Inch stick of cinnamon One tablespoon of whole black pepper Half a cup of cashews Two tablespoon of raisins 6 Cardamom pods 4 while cloves 2 inch piece of Pandan leaves 2 teaspoon of ginger and garlic crushed together 8 cups of water or chicken stock 2 Teaspoon of salt 2 tablespoon of Ghee Preparation Rinse the rice and drain. Set aside. Peel and slice red onions and fry in ghee …

How to Eat Leafy Greens Sri Lankan Style

Published by Kalani M

Greens as a Condiment One of the best ways to add leafy greens to any meal is by making them into a chutney or making pesto with it. Sri Lankan style coconut green chili and curry leave chutney is one of my favorite dips for cutlets or carrot sticks. I do think however, this recipe is heavily influence by Indian chutneys made in somewhat similar way. Like, Coriander chutney. Prepping yourself a curry leaves chutney is super easy. Just puree couple of handfuls of curry leaves, half a cup of coconut, a clove of garlic, three green chilies, teaspoon of turmeric, half a teaspoon of salt, half a teaspoon of freshly crushed black pepper, tablespoon of lime juice. Apart from these common methods, we do often add them in to flat breads , salads and soups as well. As the saying goes, as much vegetables as possible in the diet is good. isn’t it ?