Spicy Chicken Soup (Sri Lankan Style)

Chicken                            -                 Boiling Chicken (Whole)

Coriander seed                 -                 2 Table Spoon

Cumin seed                      -                 1 Table Spoon

Pepper Coarse                  -                 1 Teaspon

Garlic                               -                 4 Clobes

Onion                               -                 1 Big (Chopped)

Salt                                   -                 For taste

Lemon or lime                  -                1

Clean the chicken nicely chop it into big pieces and put it in a saucepan.  Add water covering the chicken.   Crush Coriander seed, Cumin seed, Pepper coarse in a grinder add  it to the chicken.  Also add the garlic chopped onion and salt.  Boil it until the water is half.  Strain it and add lemon or lime juice before serving.

Medicinal for Cold, Cough and Flu.

Soya Curry (Vegan)

Dired Soya Curry                             -                 1 Pkt

Onion                                               -                 1 Medium

Green Chillies                                  -                 2 small

Ginger GarlicPaste                           -                 1 Teaspoon

Chilli powder                                   -                 ½ Teaspoon

Curry Powder                                  -                 1 Teaspoon

Curry Leaves                                   -                 few

Coconut Milk                                  -                 1 Table Spoon

Sri Lankan or Indian Gingili Oil     -                 1 Table Spoon

Lime juice                                               

Salt for taste

Soak soya in hot water for 5/10 minutes.  Heat the pan add oil, chopped onion, chillies, curry leaves and fry until the onion is transparent.  Then add the Ginger Garlic paste and mix well. Immediately add the soaked soya, chilli powder, and curry powder and mix well and keep it for two minutes on low heat then add water just to cover the soya .  When the water is almost  absorbed add coconut milk mix well keep for five minutes remove from the cooker and add lime juice.

It is easy, tasty and quick to cook.  Soya curry can be used for rice, chapatti, rotti bread etc. 

Soya is available in six different flavours.  The above curry is made out of regular flavour.  Curry flavour is also available for which the curry flavour is inside the packet.  As such in place of chillipowder and curry powder you can use the flavour packet that is inside and cook as above.   This is good  for Vegetarian / Vegan as it is very high in protein.

Other flavours are Chicken, Prawn, Cuttlefish and Mutton. 

All of the ingredients required for this recipe can be purchased from the premier Indian store in Melbourne www.spicekingdom.com.au.

Uppuma (Semolina Meal)

Ingredients

Semolina                  - 1 Cup

Cabbage Sliced        - 1/2 Cup

Carrots                     - 1/2 Cup

Beans                       - 1/4 Cup

Salt  for taste   

Cumin seed              - 10

Mustard seed            - 10

Onion Sliced            - 1                     

Red Chillies (Dried)     - 2

Water                       - 1 Cup

Cooking

Roast the semolina for two to three minutes keep it a side.  Cut all the vegetables and onions  nicely.  Keep a pan put some oil and fry the onions , chillies and add few cumin seed and mustard seed.  When it starts cracking add the vegetable and add salt for the vegetables and keep it for two mnts.  Add one cup of water and when the water boils add the rulang and quickly mix nicely. 

Easy to make and nutritious.

Malay Pudding (Sri Lankan)

Ingredients

Coconut Milk            - 1 can

Eggs                          - 4

Palm Jaggery            - 250 gms.

Nutmeg powder        - 1/4 teaspoon

Cardamon powder     - 1/4 teaspoon

Cooking Method

Beat the eggs add 1 can coconut milk and great the jaggery mix well.  Add nutmeg powder and cardamon powder ¼ teaspoon mix well and keep it in the pressure cooker and allow three whistles. Finish it off with roasted cashews and serve.

If you don’t have a pressure cooker you can steam it or bake it.