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Sri Lankan Sambols

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BROCCOLI MALLUN

Ingredients

1 lb Broccoli florets
Sliced Onions
2 or 3 dried red chillies
1 clove garlic
Unroasted curry powder
1 tspn red chillie powder
1 tspn mustard seeds
1 tbsn Vinegar
Sri Lankan Brocolli Recipe

Method

Grate or chop the broccoli florets in to very small pieces.Heat a pan and add a little margarine or cooking oil.When it's hot add the chopped onions,mustard seeds,halved dried red chillis and temper well.Now add the broccoli and vinegar and cook for a while.





KALE MALLUN

Ingredients
1 Bunch Kale
2 small red onions sliced
1 tspn Maldive fish
1 chopped green chilli
1 tspn cumin powder
Lime juice
Shredded coconut
Sri Lankan Sambols, Mallun

Method

Wash Kale leaves well and take the stems out.Then chop it very thin(you can use a food processor)and put it into a pan.Now add chopped onions,maildive fish,chopped green chillies,cumin powder and salt to taste.Cook it for a short while in the stove and add shredded coconut and lime juice and mix well.
*To preserve the nutritional values do not cook leaves for along time



BITTER GOURD(KARAVILA) SAMBOL

Ingredients

1lb Bitter gourd(karavila)
Sliced Onions
1 Tomato(cut into small squres)
1tspn Maldive Fish(umbalakada)
Shredded coconut
Lime juice
Salt to taste
2 green chillie peppers(chopped)
Sri lankan bitter melon (karavila) sambol recipe

Method

Wash the bitter gourd(karavila) well.Use a grater and grate the bitter gourd or finely chop it(Discard the seeds).Then add all above Ingredients and mix well.
*If it's too bitter add more lime juice.This a very healthy way to eat Bitter gourd.





CARROT SAMBOL

Ingredients

2 or 3 large carrots
1 chopped green chillie
Sliced onions
Shredded coconut
Lime juice
Salt to taste
Sri Lankan Carrot recipe

Method

Peel the Carrots and grate it well(use a carrot grater).Now add all the above ingredients and mix well.





PARSLEY SAMBOL

Ingredients

1 Bunch Parsley
Chopped onions
1 tspn Maildive fish(optional)
1 chopped green chillie
1 small tomato(chopped)
Shredded coconut
Lime juice
Sri Lankan Parsley Recipe

Method

Wash the Parsley well(soak it in salt water if possible).Then drain the water and chop it well.Now add all the above ingredients and mix well.





GREEN JACK FRUIT(POLOS)MALLUN

Ingredients

1 Green jack fruit (2 cans of green jack fruit)
Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
(a)Ingredients
2 tspn Mustard powder
1 tspn black powder
chopped 1 clove garlic
1 tbsn curry powder
shredded coconut(1/2 cup)
(b)Ingredients
1 tspn mustard seeds
Sliced onion
Curry leaves
Rampe(pander leaves)
2 or 3 dried whole red chillies
Sri lankan polos mallun recipe

Method

Peel the outer skin of the Green jack fruit and chop it into very small pieces.Now add salt and turmeric powder and a little bit of water and cook for awhile.Chop all the (a)Ingredients together with shredded coconut and add a little salt and add to the boiled green jack fruit mix.When the coconut mix is well heated take it out of the stove.
Heat a pan with a little cooking oil and temper the (b)ingredients and add it to the cooked dish and mix well.





CABBAGE(GOWA) MALLUN

Ingredients
1 Cabbage
Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
unraosted curry powder
2 cloves garlic
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1 tbsn mustard powder
2 green chillies
lime juice
Sri Lankan Cabbage(gowa) recipe

Method

Wash the cabbage well and shred or cut it into very small pieces.Add some turmeic powder and salt with a little water and cook for a while.(cabbage contains water so don't add too much).
Chop the garlic and green chillies.Then add shredded coconut,mustard powder, lime juice, curry powder, curry leaves and chop everything together using a food processor or a grinding pot.Add the coconut mix into the cabbage and stir well.When the coconut mix is cooked remove from fire.





SEENI SAMBOL(ONION SAMBOL)

Ingredients

4-5 large onions
1 tbsn maldive fish
1 stick cinnamon and 2 cloves
Tamarind juice
Salt to taste
Sugar
Crushed red chillies
1 tspn chillie powder
2 cloves chopped garlic
1 sprig curry leaves
Cooking oil
Sri lankan seeni sambol recipe(onion sambol)

Method

Peel the onions and cut them into very thin slices. Heat a large non stick pan and add 2 tbsn cooking oil. When the oil is hot add the onions and stir fry them until golden brown. Add more oil if needed. Then add salt, crushed red chillies, chopped garlic, curry leaves and a little red chillie powder and stir well. Now add tamarind juice and cook until browned, stirring occasionally. Lastly add sufficient sugar, stir well and remove from heat.



You can enjoy this with milk rice or can use as a filling for buns.

COCONUT (POL) MALLUN

Ingredients

1 tspn Maldive fish(umbalakada)
sliced onions
2 cups grated coconut
sliced green chillie
Salt to taste
tamrind juice or sliced goraka
little bit of red chillie powder
Turmeric powder
sliced tomatoes

Method

Add maldive fish, sliced onions, green chillie, salt, tamarind juice or sliced goraka, little bit of red chillie powder into a pan with a little water and bring to a boil and make nice curry. While it's boiling mix coconut and turmeric powder. When the maldive fish is cooked add the coconut mix into the curry and cook well.





MINT (MINCHI) SAMBOL

Ingredients

1 bunch of Mint leaves
1 tbspn shredded coconut
2 green chillies
salt to taste
1 clove garlic
lime juice

Method

Wash the mint leaves and remove the hard stems.In a food processor add all the above ingredients and chop well until it becomes a smooth paste.