WHY NOT TRY A "TASTE OF SRI-LANKA"

Sri~Lanka "The Pearl of the Indian Ocean" is a fascinating and beautiful island with a remarkable variety of landscapes ranging from arid plains to endless rows of tea bushes in the highlands, from tropical rain forests with their exotic animal life and flowers to miles of palm-fringed beaches.

Sri-Lanka has over 2,400 years of recorded history and was the seat of a small but important Asian civilisation. Since those times, man has not had to search far for his food - apart from the abundance of fish in the Indian Ocean, Sri-Lanka is blessed with a luxurious supply of fruit and vegetables

being a marked difference between the cooking of the north and the south and the east and the west. Sri-Lankans use many spices, the combination being very much a question of personal preference and specific quantities and measurements are not considered necessary. The cook throws in a handful of this and a pinch of that and a dash of the other - the final taste belying the seemingly abandoned additions!

As a Sri-Lankan it gives me a great pleasure to share with you some of the dishes of the Country.

Happy Eating!

 

Menu

Lamb Curry with Coconut

Cubed pieces of lamb blended with black pepper, ginger, chillies and lemon juice, fried with sliced onions and coriander, then simmered in a stock and coconut milk This curry has a rich hot thick gravy.

Chicken Massala

Ginger, garlic, turmeric, cumin and cinnamon ground to a paste and rubbed into bite-sized pieces of boned chicken. When fully marinated it is fried and then left to simmer in a stock with crushed mustard seed, cloves and cardamoms. This is a mild to medium hot curry.

 

Spicy Beef Curry

A wide selection of spices including coriander and cumin, are ground to a course paste and added with chopped chillies to cubed pieces of lean beef It is stirred well, firstly browned and then allowed to simmer until the meat is tender Vinegar is the final ingredient, which enhances the taste of the thick gravy. A medium hot curry.

Vegetable Curry

Seasonal vegetables are used. This is a mild to medium hot curry and can be made to order.

All curries are £5.75 and are served on a bed of boiled rice, and garnished with onions and salad.

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