Category Archives: Vegetarian Dishes

Sweet Pumpkin Curry (Wattakka Vanjanaya)

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Sweet Pumpkin Curry (Wattakka Vanjanaya)

INGREDIENTS

250g sweet pumpkin, or marrow pumpkin

½ onion, chopped

3 cloves garlic, chopped

1 green chilli, chopped

Sprig of curry leaves

1 inch cinnamon stick

1 teaspoon mustard powder

1 teaspoon raw curry power

¼ teaspoon turmeric powder

¼ teaspoon black pepper powder

1 cup water

1 cup coconut milk (or 1 tablespoon coconut milk powder mixed with hot water until lump-free)

salt to taste

 

METHOD

  • Remove seeds from pumpkin, cut into 1 ½  inch square pieces and wash
  • Put pumpkin and water into a pan together with all other ingredients (except for the coconut milk and salt), and cook until soft
  • Add coconut milk, check seasoning and simmer for a further 5 minutes
  • Serve with boiled rice

 

I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion – Henry David Thoreau

Mixed Vegetable Curry (Kalawam Elawalu Vanjanaya)

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An easy to make, simple, very healthy and above all TASTY Sri Lankan curry! Great with rice, or bread.

Sri Lankan Mixed Vegetable Curry (Kalawam Elawalu Vanjanaya)

INGREDIENTS 

250g mix of carrots, beans, green peas, and sweet corn (or use frozen veg mix)

50g red onions (sliced)

I small stick of cinnamon

1 teaspoon mustard (English or French)

2 sprigs curry leaves

2 green chillies (chopped)

½ cup coconut milk

Salt to taste

 

METHOD 

  • Clean and chop vegetables (or defrost mixed veg)
  • Mix well with all the ingredients (except coconut milk)
  • Cook on medium heat
  • When the vegetables are ready add the coconut milk and simmer for 7 minutes
  • When the sauce is thickened, check seasoning and remove from heat
  • Serve with rice or bread

 Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables. (Mason Cooley)

Devilled Potato (Ala Baduma)

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…made with all the right ingredients and TLC, this is festive food. One of my mother’s specialties!

 

Devilled Potatoes (Ala Baduma)

INGREDIENTS

250g new potatoes (boiled)

150g red onions (sliced)

2 sprigs curry leaves

3 green chillies (chopped)

1 teaspoon dry chillies (crushed)

Juice of ½ lime

½ teaspoon salt

3 cardamom pods

1 small stick of cinnamon

2 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil (for frying)

(optional: add some Maldive fish)

METHOD

  • Boil, skin and cut the potatoes in two
  • Heat the oil and add the chopped cardamon, cinnamon, curry leaves and red onions
  • When half fried, add the green chillies, crushed chillies and salt
  • When the onion is cooked, add the boiled potatoes and mix well
  • Fry on a low heat for three minutes
  • Remove from the heat, mix well and add the lime juice
  • Serve with rice or pitta bread

If beef’s the king of meat, potato’s the queen of the garden world (Irish Saying)