Plant based meat curry Sri Lankan style
Ingredients
- 2 cups of seitan or any plant based meat of your choice cut into bite-sized pieces
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic minced
- 1 inch of ginger peeled and minced
- 2 green chilies chopped
- 3 tablespoon of Sri Lankan red curry powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of yellow curry powder
- 1/2 tsp of black curry powder
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 cardamom pods
- 2 cloves
- 1 can of coconut milk
- 1 cup of water
- Salt to taste
- Chopped fresh curry leaves for garnish
Instructions
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add the onions, garlic, ginger, and green chilies and sauté for about 3-4 minutes until the onions are translucent.
- Add all the spices - Sri Lankan curry powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, and fennel powder. Stir well and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Add plant meat pieces and stir to coat them with the spice mixture. Cook for another 5 minutes.
- Pour in the coconut milk and water. Add the cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, and cloves. Stir everything together and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Lower the heat and let the curry simmer for 25 minutes until the plant meat pieces are soft, they absorb the flavors, and the curry has thickened.
- Taste and adjust the salt to your liking
- Garnish with chopped fresh coriander and serve hot with rice or bread.
- Enjoy your delicious Sri Lankan style plant based meat curry.
Notes
Notes,
Curry Powders: Recipes for all my curry powder blends are posted and can be read by clicking links in the post. Also, you can use pre mixed curry powders.
Also, you could order from amazon mild to medium roasted red curry powder / or butter chicken masala that works for this curry as well.