Prakash K. Sivanathan, Niranjala M. Ellawala

Valakkai Paal Kari

Name: Valakkai Paal Kari
Yield: Serves 4, as a side dish
Cuisine: Sri Lankan
Ingredients: 200 ml (7 fl oz/generous ¾ cup) water; 3 plantain; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 4 fresh curry leaves; ¼ medium onion, finely chopped; 2 green chillies, slit lengthways with seeds in; ½ tsp salt; 200 ml (7 fl oz/generous ¾ cup) coconut milk; juice of ¼ lime; 1 tbsp oil; ½ tsp mustard seeds; 1 dried red chilli, broken

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

3 plantain
200 ml (7 fl oz/generous ¾ cup)

Asia
Sri Lanka
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Fill a medium saucepan with water. Peel the plantain and cut them into 1cm (½-inch) slices, dropping them in the water to avoid discoloration and to remove the slight bitter taste. Drain the plantain and rinse once or twice. Then, pour the 200 ml of water into the saucepan (to just cover the planta