Vegetable Patties

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    32

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Hidden Kitchens of Sri Lanka

By Bree Hutchins

Published 2013

  • About

Sri Lankan patties are unlike the ones I’m used to; these are deep-fried pastry parcels filled with curried vegetables, similar to a samosa. Vigneshwaran wrapped up a few patties for me to eat on the drive back to Jaffna, but we only made it down the road before they were all gone.

Ingredients

Filling

  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil*
  • 200 g (7 oz) cabbage,

Method

To make the filling, heat the coconut oil in a wok or deep frying pan over medium heat. Add the cabbage, dried chillies, shallots, fennel seeds, chilli powder, turmeric, curry leaves and rampe; cook for 5 minutes, or until the shallots are golden brown. Add the salty water and remove from the heat. Stir in the mashed potato until well combined. Set aside to cool to room tempera