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Sri Lankan "Black Meat Curry" Recipe
17 ingredients
8 servings
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this recipe is adapted from chandra dissanayake's "ceylon cookery" originally published in sri lanka in 1968.don't be daunted by the long list of ingredients...
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
832
Calories
17g
Protein
50g
Fat
82g
Carbs
Counts 11 of 16 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Coconut | 1/2 cup shredded (40g) | 283 |
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Turmeric | 1 tsp ground (3g) | 9 |
| Cumin | 1 tsp ground (2.1g) | 8 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Meat | not in our table | 0 |
| Tamarind | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
| Leaf | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 pound meat
- 1 ounce rice
- 3 slices fresh ginger, peeled
- 1 ounce thick tamarind pulp, extracted with 2 ounces coconut milk or water
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder, preferably freshly ground
- pinch of turmeric
- curry leaves
- 1 1/2 "dessertspoons" coriander powder, preferably freshly ground
- 1 ounce fresh coconut
- 1/4 ounce fresh garlic
- 2 ounces onions
- 1 1/2 "dessertspoons" chillie powder (the sri lankan or indian kind -- not u.s. "chili" powder)
- 1 teaspoon sweet cumin powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- rampe (pandan leaf), sera (?)
- 2 "dessertspoons" vegetable oil
- 16 ounces (2 cups) 1st and 2d extracts of coconut milk (the "milk" derived from the fresh ground coconut)
Directions
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By chow ·
Recipe sourced from
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