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Vegetarian (Vegan) Sri Lankan “Chicken” Curry

Updated: Jul 26, 2010 · Published: Aug 28, 2007 by Kip · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

Sri Lankan Vegetarian Chicken Curry
I have terrible recipe-keeping habits. When I'm in the mood to create in the kitchen, I usually grab a scrap of paper and a pen, and take very vague notes during the cooking process. This practise is not so bad if I go immediately to the computer after dinner to properly type it out, but who does that? The process of recipe creation to blog post generally goes something like this:

  • Take messy notes, as mentioned above, while making the meal.
  • Eat dinner and forget about recipe notes for a week or ten.
  • Remember recipe and hunt for it so I can make a blog post.
  • Angrily blame husband for misplacing my recipe, because I certainly couldn't have done that myself.
  • Find recipe somewhere I obviously hid it and sheepishly apoligise to husband.
  • Glare at recipe with confusion. Cry a little. Tell myself "I will take better notes next time."
  • Amidst the bad handwriting and orange food stains, try to make sense of what's on that scrap of paper.
  • If successful in previous step, post recipe on blog.

I mention those steps because to my shock, when I went back into the kitchen to find this recipe, it was both legible and clean (by "clean" I mean "only has a few orange food stains.").

Sri Lankan Faux Chicken Curry

Serves one, with rice
  • Ingredients
    • oil
    • 150g vegan/vegetarian "chicken" (any version will do, or even tofu)
    • 1 onion, sliced
    • 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
    • 2-3 cloves garlic, crushed
    • 1 teaspoon chilli powder
    • ½ teaspoon ground coriander
    • ½ teaspoon cumin
    • ¼ teaspoon turmeric
    • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
    • 2 cardamom pods
    • 125ml coconut milk
    • 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
    • 2 tablespoon tomato paste (or a couple of whole tomatoes)
    • 150ml water
    • salt and pepper to taste
  • Directions/Method
    1. Saute the onions in a tablespoon or so of oil until they are nice and golden before adding the garlic, ginger, and all spices. Cook for a couple of minutes until fragrant.
    2. Add the fake chicken and fry a further couple of minutes (alternatively, you could fry the chicken separately and add later to the sauce). Add about 150ml of water and the vinegar, cover, and simmer on a low heat for around 20 minutes.
    3. Finally, add the coconut milk and allow to simmer on low for a further ten minutes.
    4. Voila! You have super-simple Sri Lankan vegan chicken curry! Serve over rice.

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Comments

  1. Chicken_Recipes says

    July 03, 2009 at 10:42 pm

    I am going to give this recipe a go with real chicken, it sounds great.

    Reply
    • PrincessTash Mjj says

      April 27, 2013 at 5:06 am

      its a vegan recipe! keep it vegan - adding a dead animal to it is insulting to the recipe itself - maybe try it as it is - you might love it!

      Reply
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