Name: Green mango curry
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Sri Lanka
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric; 1 teaspoon Maldive fish flakes, coarsely pounded; 2 cm (¾ in) piece lemongrass, bruised; 400 ml (14 fl oz) coconut milk; 3 small green chillies, chopped; 1 sprig fresh curry leaves, leaves picked; 1 tablespoon salt; 50 g (1¾ oz) ghee; 2 cm (¾ in) piece cinnamon stick; 1 onion, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon ground coriander; ½ teaspoon dried chilli flakes; 450 g (1 lb) green mangoes; 1 tablespoon caster (superfine) sugar; 3 cm (1¼ in) piece ginger, peeled and chopped; 1 tablespoon malt vinegar; 3 cm (1¼ in) piece pandanus leaf; 1 teaspoon ground cumin

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Serendip

By Peter Kuruvita

Published 2009

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We had a massive mango tree in the courtyard linking all the houses in our family compound. My Achi told me it had been there for as long as she could remember. At a guess, it would have been over 120 years old. It stood about 15 metres tall and was wide enough at the base for us to play chasings around it.

During Vesak, which is the festival that celebrates the birth,