Prakash K. Sivanathan, Niranjala M. Ellawala

Bathala

Name: Bathala
Yield: Serves 4, as a side dish
Cuisine: Sri Lankan
Ingredients: 300 g (10½ oz) sweet potatoes; 2 tsp chilli flakes; 2 medium onions, finely chopped; 7 fresh curry leaves; 2.5 cm (1-inch) piece of ginger, peeled and finely chopped; 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 tsp mustard seeds; ½ tsp cumin seeds; 4 tbsp oil; juice of ½ lime; 1 tsp salt; ½ tsp ground turmeric 100 g (3½ oz/1 cups) freshly grated or desiccated (shredded) coconut; ½ tsp ground turmeric 100 g (3½ oz/1 cups) freshly grated or desiccated (shredded) coconut

Preparation info

Serves
4
, as a side dish

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sri Lanka

By Prakash K. Sivanathan and Niranjala M. Ellawala

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

300 g (10½ oz) sweet potatoes
4 tbsp oil

Asia
Sri Lanka
Side dish
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Scrape the skin off the sweet potatoes, wash them well and chop them into 2.5 cm (1-inch) chunks. Boil the sweet potatoes for 10–12 minutes until cooked. Drain them and set aside.

Heat the oil in a