Prakash K. Sivanathan, Niranjala M. Ellawala

Gotu Kola Sambol

Name: Gotu Kola Sambol
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Sri Lankan
Ingredients: Green herb salad; ½ tsp salt; juice of ½ lime; ½ tsp ground black pepper; 1 tsp Maldive fish, crushed (optional); ½ medium tomato, finely chopped; 1 green or red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped (optional); 1 green or red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped (optional); 3 tbsp freshly grated or desiccated (shredded) coconut; ½ medium red onion, finely chopped; 250 g (9 oz) gotu kola (pennywort) (1 bunch)

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sri Lanka

By Prakash K. Sivanathan and Niranjala M. Ellawala

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

250 g (9 oz) gotu kola (pennywort) (1 bunch)
3

Asia
Sri Lanka
Fish course
Side dish
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Cut off half the length of the stems of the gotu kola bunch and set aside. You can use these to make Gotu Kola Kanda.

Discard any spoilt leaves and wash the gotu kola thoroughly. Taking a handful of the washed leaves with stems at a time, cut the gotu kola very finely. Put it in a medium bowl.

Add the coconut, onion, green chilli, tomato, Maldi