Sri Lankan Cuisine

Sri Lankan Cuisine PREPARATION OF COCONUT SAMBOL - MY FAVORITE DISH

INGREDIENTS
A coconut
An onion
Ground dry Red Chilly
Pinch of Salt
Half a Lemon
Pinch of Pepper
Maldive Fish
Garlic (Optional)

METHOD
Break the coconut into two; scrape half of one half into a pan. To this add finely chopped onion plus the salt, pepper and maldive fish. If you have... a mortar and pestle you can use it to gently pound the mixture, which improves the taste considerably. Now add the red chilly powder little by little until it's as hot as you can handle! Once you have finished squeeze in the lemon. That's all there is to it

Note: In the Traditional Sri Lankan Preparation we can use burnt Dry Fish instead of Maldive fish. Also you can use roasted chilly powder which gives another flavor to the dish. You can garnish the dish by fried curry leaves & strips of Onion.