Prakash K. Sivanathan, Niranjala M. Ellawala

Sura Varai

Name: Sura Varai
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Sri Lankan
Ingredients: 200 g (7 oz) dogfish (or canned tuna chunks); 200 g (7 oz) dogfish (or canned tuna chunks); ¾ tsp ground turmeric; 4 black peppercorns; 300 ml (10½ fl oz/1¼ cups) water; ½ tsp salt; ¼ tbsp cumin seeds; ¼ tsp fennel seeds; 1 tbsp oil; ½ tsp mustard seeds; 1 medium onion, finely chopped; 2 green chillies, slit lengthways with seeds in; 4 dried red chillies, broken; 9 fresh curry leaves; 200 g (7 oz/2½ cups) freshly grated or deciccated (shredded) coconut; 1 tsp ground cumin; 7 garlic cloves, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sri Lanka

By Prakash K. Sivanathan and Niranjala M. Ellawala

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

200 g (7 oz) dogfish (or canned tuna chunks)
300 ml (

Asia
Sri Lanka
Fish course
Stew
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Remove the skin from the fish, cut it into about 1.5cm (½-inch) chunks and wash well. Put it into a medium, lidded saucepan and pour on the water so that it half-covers the fish. Add the salt, the black peppercorns and half the turmeric, and partly cover with the lid. Bring to the boil and cook for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally until the fish is cooked and all the water is absorbed. R