A Taste of Serendib

A Taste of Serendib, December 2003

Introduction:  Sri Lankan Cooking, from America
Sri Lankan Curry Powder

Appetizers:
Fish (or Ground Beef, or Vegetable)  Cutlets
Tangy Shrimp on Toast
Curried Mushroom Spread
Chicken Patties

Meat and Poultry:
Spicy Beef and Potatoes
Ginger/Garlic Chicken
Spicy Chicken Curry
Chili Eggs
Egg Curry

Fish and Seafood:
Crab Curry
Tamarind Shrimp Curry
Dry Spiced Prawns and Potatoes
Mackerel Curry

Vegetables:
Curried Beets
Carrots and Green Bean Yellow Curry
Cauliflower Curry
Mixed Vegetable Curry
Potatoes, Peas, and Tomatoes
Spicy Potato Curry
Lemon-Masala Mushrooms

Accompaniments:
Savoury Scallion Scrambled Eggs
Coconut Sambol
Seeni (Onion) Sambol
Fried Eggplant Sambol
Cabbage Mallung
Leeks Fried with Chili
Rasam
Kiri Hodhi (Egg and Potato Coconut Milk Gravy)
Cucumber-Tomato Raita
Mango-Ginger Chutney

Rice and Breads:
Golden Rice Pilaf
Vegetarian or Chicken Biryani
Pittu
Uppuma
Kottu Roti
Mock Stringhopper Pulao

Snacks:
Curry Buns (Meat or Vegetable)

Drinks:
Mango Lassi
Falooda
Chai Tea

Sweets:
Milk Toffee
Vattalappam
Lemon-Chai Rice Pudding
Rich Cake

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