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Sri Lankan "Black Meat Curry" Recipe
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Sri Lankan "Black Meat Curry" Recipe

17 ingredients 8 servings openrecipes

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...

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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)

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By chow · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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