I have been quite hooked to Sri Lankan recipes and reading up on differences and similarities between Indian and Sri Lankan cuisines. I really want to try using their salted chillies in my cooking too. The book mentions how they marinate chillies in salt water and use that in their curries. The use of coconut milk is also quite extensive in their recipes.
If you like recipes with beetroots, then you may enjoy this Kerala beetroot thoran recipe, beetroot pachadi, and this dal with beet leaves.
Beetroot Thel Dala Recipe
Serves: 2-3
Source: Sri Lankan Flavours by Channa Dassanayaka
Ingredients:
2 medium-sized beetroots, peeled and diced
1 onion, chopped
¼ cup tomatoes, chopped
10 curry leaves or 1 bay leaf
1 small cinnamon stick
2 cloves garlic, sliced
2 green chillies, sliced
1 teaspoon curry powder or garam masala
¼ teaspoon ground turmeric
2 tablespoons oil
¼ teaspoon chilli powder
Salt to taste
Instructions:
1. Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onion, curry leaves, cinnamon and garlic and saute until golden brown - about 1 to 2 mins. Then add the beetroot and toss for another 2 mins.
2. Add the tomatoes, green chilies, curry powder, turmeric and chilli and stir until spices are mixed through.
3. Add ¼ cup water, bring to boil then simmer until the beetroot is tender - about 7 mins. Mix in salt to taste and remove.
Note:
Instead of thel dala, you can also make a Sri Lankan beetroot curry with the same recipe by adding coconut milk. At step 3, instead of adding water, add ¼ cup light coconut milk and cook till beets are tender. Two minutes before removing from the flame, add ½ cup thick coconut milk, simmer and remove.
Serve beetroot thel dala hot with plain steamed rice.
Laavanya
Hey you've got a beetroot recipe too 🙂 That sounds so flavorful in comparison to the usual poriyal i've tasted with this.
SJ
I bet this would go very well with rotis. with all the cinnamon , garlic looks very 'masaledar'. I see that a certain Ms S is not here. Still in bed I suppose tsk tsk...
Home Cooked Oriya Food
Wow - what a dish! Looks so yum...
Prathibha
Tomatoes in Beets is quite interesting...gud one..:)
My Experiments with Cooking
Bingo!I was just going to post beetroot recipe. Have a look in a while. I would try this next time I get beet. Color is so good.
Sonu
Lovely color!
Prajusha
this looks yummy.i love the color.
Sorry,iam goign to keral today. so can't participate in the monthlymingle.:(
thanks
prajusha
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Parita
It looks mouth watering Nags..i have tasted beetroot palya and loved it..for sure i will love this too..nice click!!
Nags
Sonu - thanks to photoshop!! 😀
Err.. kidding!! 😀 😀
RAKS KITCHEN
The one we make is so simple and so bland in taste...this sounds so flavorful and spicy!! Nice entry for the event!!