SRI LANKAN CHICKEN CURRY RECIPE

Tickle your palate with spicy Shri Lankan taste in chicken curry blended with coconut milk, coriander and red chilies.

Ingredients:

30 gms ghee
1 Onion (Pyaj), chopped
2 clove(laung)s garlic (lasan), crushed
3 to 4 fresh green or red chilies, cut lengthways into thin strips and seeds removed
1 tsp ground turmeric (haldi)
1 tblsp ground coriander
1 1/2 kg chicken pieces
2 1/2 cups (625ml) coconut (narial) milk
2 tblsp coconut (narial) cream (malai)
2 tblsp fresh lemon juice

How to make sri lankan chicken curry:

• Melt ghee in a frying pan, add onion, garlic, chillies, turmeric and coriander. Saute for 2 minutes.
• Add chicken pieces and coconut milk. Bring to boil, reduce heat to low, cover, simmer for about 45 minutes or until the chicken is tender.
• Add coconut cream and lemon juice, simmer uncovered for 5 minutes.