Dunee's Kitchen

  Carrot Sambol Carrot Sambol Ingredients Fresh carrots (peeled and cleaned) onions salt green chili fresh coconut Lime juice Carrot is one of the healthiest vegetable in the planet and Sri Lankans make fresh carrot Sambol. This is serving with the steam rice. carrot high with vitamin A. other than that Carrot has much health benefits such as cancer prevention, anti aging, beautiful skin, improves vision,healthy skin, prevent infection, prevent heart disease, cleaning the body and etc. Carrot curry is also famous in the Sri Lankan side dishes. But fresh carrot sambol is much better as it is eating without any cooking or heating the vegetable.

  Malu mirisata (Spicy Fish curry) Malu Mirisata (spicy fish curry)   Sri Lanka as a Island, there are different types of fish around the country. Linna, para, tuna (Kelawalla/Balaya), Seer fish( thora malu) , Alaguduwa, kumbalawo, Gal malu, thalapath are some of the famous fish that can use to make spicy fish curry. First need to clean the fish well by washing and remove the unwanted parts from the fish. then make pieces and keep it side. There are few different ways to make the spicy fish curry. one method is to add all the ingredients with the fish and cook with water. Other method is make the gravy first and add the fish at the end to the gravy and cook. Also some time it is cooking with water and coconut milk together as well. it is important to have red chili power, goraka, salt, turmeric power, curry power, curry leaves, tomato, fenugreek, pandan leaves, onion, garlic, green chili, cinnamon, cardamon, cloves, to make the curry. Goraka is an important spicy to add when i...

  Pathola Sambol (Snake gourd Sambol) Pathola sambol Pathola (Snake Gourd) is one of the healthy vegetable available in Sri Lanka. This can cook in different ways but Pathola sambol is a fresh dish which is more healthy. It can serve with steam rice. Binomial name Trichosanthes cucumerina strength  of the  immune system , reduce fevers, detoxify the body, improve the digestive processes of the body, increase  hydration  in the body, treat  diabetes , boost the  strength  and quality of the hair, and aid in  weight loss . Health Benefits: Strength of the immune system, detoxify the body, increase the hydration of the body, treat diabetes, improve the quality of the hair, reduce fevers, and weight loss. Nutrition facts: High in fiber, Vitamins, Minerals, Protein and small level calories. Ingredients for Sri Lankan snake gourd sambol: Pathola (Snake Gourd) - 250g- finely sliced Maldive fish( optional) -1 tea spoon Salt- 1/4 tea spoon or based on...

  Amu Karawila sambol (Fresh Better Guard salad) Amu Karawila sambol (RAW) (Fresh Better guard salad) Benefits: control the blood sugar level and good for diabetic patients Lower bad cholesterol level glowing skin Lustrous Hair cleans the liver curves hangover helps in weight loose boost Immune system good for eyes Ingredients for Amu Karawila sambol: Better guard 1 (Slightly cut) Salt tomato black pepper Freshly grated coconut green chili Onion Lime juice Mix everything together and eat with rice! Nutritional Value of Bitter Gourd According to the USDA, 100 grams of bitter gourd has about 34 calories with 13 milligram sodium, 602 grams potassium, 7 grams total carbohydrate and 3.6 grams protein.

  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 ingre...

  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. 

  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 2 nd  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.