Ghee Rice

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Basmathi Rice, 2 1/2 cups water, 1 bay leaf, 5 “Mc Currie” Cardamoms, 6 “Mc Currie” cloves, 2″ piece “Mc Currie” cinnamon quills, 2 green chillies slit lengthwise, 3 tbsp ghee, 1 red onion sliced finely, 10-15 cashewnuts, 1 onion cut in rings, and a few raisins, “Mc Currie” salt to taste.

Method

Soak the rice for at least 10 minutes. Heat the ghee in a pressure cooked or a pan.. Fry the cashewnuts and raisins and set aside. To the same pan add onions and fry till golden brown and set aside. Add a little more ghee and add the bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon and fry for a minute. Add the green chillies and fry for another minute. Add rice and fry on a medium flame for about 3-4 minutes. Stir all the time to prevent burning. Pour water and salt. Cook rice till fully done. Garnish with fried cashewnuts, onion rings and raisins.

Sri Lankan Cuisine: Kiribath (Milk Rice)

Ingredients

2 cups of rice, 1.5 – 2 cups thick coconut milk, 4 – 4.5 cups water, Salt (to taste)

Method

1. Wash the rice, put in a medium saucepan and add water.
2. Bring to the boil in medium heat, cover the saucepan, cooking until the rice is soft, 15-20 minutes.
3. Add coconut milk and salt, stir well, and reduce heat to low, continue cooking in low heat for another 10 minutes, until the milk has been absorbed.
4. coconut milk is absorbed, and the rice is very soft and creamy. By now rice milk is ready.
5. Transfer the rice milk to a flat plate and fatten down with piece of butter paper.
6. If you like any shape, you can use a cookie cutter.
You can serve with “Mc Currie“ Katta sambol, “Mc Currie“ Seeni sambol, “Mc Currie” masala (fish, chicken, cuttle fish and mutton).

Sri Lankan Cuisine: String Hoppers

Ingredients

String hoppers, 1/4 cup carrot, chopped, 1/4 cup white cabbage, chopped, 1/2 tsp ginger, chopped, 1/2 tsp garlic, crushed, 1 tbsp onion, sliced, 1 tsp “Mc Currie” chillies, crushed, Salt to taste, 2 tbsp oil, 2 large eggs, “Mc Currie” turmeric, to taste 1/2 cup curry sauce

Method

1. Prepare the noodle dough
2. Steam the string hoppers
3. Make the kottu
Heat 1 tbsp oil on an iron plate and lightly fry the “Mc Currie” ginger paste and “Mc Currie” garlic paste. Add the chopped onion, cabbage and carrots, “Mc Currie” crushed chilli and “Mc Currie” turmeric, and fry for a few minutes until cooked. Crack the eggs over the top and fry until eggs are half cooked.
4. Serve string hoppers
Chop the string hoppers and add to the kottu with your choice of curry and season with salt to taste. Mix well before removing from heat. Serve warm.