Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, sri lankan forest bittergourd curry. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Sri Lankan Style Bitter Gourd Curry. written by Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi If you are looking for a Sri Lankan style diabetic recipes, add this bitter gourd recipe for your recipe list. Bitter Gourd Masala Curry ❤ Healthy Village Food by Grandma Bitter gourd curry or 'Pavakkai Kulambu' (in Tamil) is one of the well-known dishes in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan Forest Bittergourd Curry is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Sri Lankan Forest Bittergourd Curry is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook sri lankan forest bittergourd curry using 28 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Sri Lankan Forest Bittergourd Curry:
- Take For Srilankan Curry Powder-
- Get 1 tbsp Coriander Seeds
- Get 2 tsp Cumin Seeds
- Take 2 tsp Black Peppercorns
- Prepare 2 tsp Split Pigeon Peas/Toordal
- Get 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
- Take 1/2 tsp Aniseeds
- Make ready 10 Cloves
- Make ready 4 Green Cardamom Pods
- Get To Marinate-
- Take 200 g Forest Bittergourd/Spiky Gourd/Kantola/Thumbs Karavilla
- Make ready 2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- Take 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- Prepare 1/4 tsp Asafoetida Powder/Hing
- Take 1 tbsp Sri Lankan Curry Powder
- Prepare 2 tsp Salt
- Make ready To Season
- Get 2 tbsp Coconut Oil
- Make ready 3/4 tsp Mustard
- Make ready 1 inch Cinnamon
- Prepare 1 Cardamom Pods
- Get 2 Cloves
- Take few Curry Leaves
- Make ready 1 Medium Sized Tomato(Finely Chopped)
- Take 1 tbsp Tamarind(Soak in 1/2 cup hot water & extract the pulp)
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Jaggery
- Take 1 cup Thick Coconut Milk
- Make ready 1 tsp Kewra water/Pandan Leaves Water
It's quintessential comfort food for K and myself, and we are instantly reminded of Sri Lanka, of our childhood, of home, of full and comforting meals, every time. This is a typical Sri Lankan style of bitter gourd sambol, which is great to eat with any meal as a side. Mix the sliced onion, tomato and green chili together in a bowl. Classic Sri Lankan fish curry is similar to chicken curry with the greatest difference being that it's quite a bit juicier due to the addition of coconut milk.
Steps to make Sri Lankan Forest Bittergourd Curry:
- Dry roast all the ingredients mentioned under the head "Sri Lankan Curry Powder".
- Grind into a fine powder.
- Chop the Forest Bittergourds. No need to peel the skin or deseed.
- Add all the spice powders mentioned under the head "To marinate".
- Coat the bittergourds with the spices. Allow it to marinate for 30 mins.
- Heat oil. Add in mustard seeds. Once they crackle, add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves & curry leaves. Saute
- Put in chopped tomato & marinated Forest Bitter gourds.
- Saute on high flame to 3 mins.
- Add a few tsp water. Cover & cook for 5 mins on low flame.
- Pour in tamarind pulp & coconut milk. Add jaggery.
- Cook covered on medium flame for 10 mins.
- Uncover. Mix in the Kewra water.
- Offer Sri Lankan Thumba Karavilla Curry to Lord Sri Krishna along with Steamed Rice.
Dhal curry is almost as important as rice in every Sri Lankan home. Sri Lankan Forest Monks' Tradition claims a long history. As the oldest Theravada Buddhist country in the world, several forest traditions and lineages had been existed, disappeared and re-emerged circularly in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan people are very passionate about their food and the culture around it. From my perspective, they seemed especially connected to the earth and the Its a Awesome Place.
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