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Homemade Sri Lankan Tomato Curry Recipe

Course : Main

Cuisine: Sri Lankan

Servings: 3-4 pax

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time : 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 no chopped onion or 6-7 small onions (shallot )

  • 4 nos small chopped tomatoes into big cubes

  • 1 no chopped green chilli

  • 5-6 curry leaves

  • 1 inch ginger piece

  • 2 garlic pods

  • 2 nos kokum

  • 1 cinnamon stick

  • 1 no small lemon grass stick

  • 1 tsp methi/fengureek seeds

  • 1 tsp turmeric powder

  • 1 tsp chilli powder

  • 1 tsp coriander jeera powder

  • salt as per taste

  • 1 tin/can 400 ml coconut milk

  • 2 tbsp coconut oil preferably

Method:

  1. Crush roughly the ginger, curry leaves and garlic with a pestle.Keep aside for future use.

  2. In a kadai heat the oil then add the methi seed , cinnamon stick , green chilli and the crushed ginger, curry leaves and garlic paste. Saute for a second then add the chopped onion and cook till translucent. To it add the turmeric, chilli, corainder jeera powders, kokum and lemon grass. Saute for a second then add the chopped tomatoes and salt .Cook till slightly soft and mushy.

  3. Add the coconut milk and cook for just 5 minutes on low flame stirring at interval.

  4. Remove in a serving dish.

Serve this yummy curry with idiyappam or steam rice.