Comments on Sri Lanka Cooking | Sri Lankan Food Recipes With How To Cook Videos: White Chicken Curry

Hi Chamari, I have made this in the morning to ta...

2012-01-11T10:20:50.875+02:00

Hi Chamari,
I have made this in the morning to take to potluck dinner tonight. I had to stop myself from eating it for lunch! It is a very tasty, mild curry.
By the way, I see that you post less and less these days, you posted a lot in 2009 but only 1 recipe in 2011, are you too busy? Please carry on posting the recipes.
I have recently come back from 8-day trip in Sri Lanka and I have bought a cookery book but I compare the recipes with yours and yours are better! So far I made the raw Srilankan curry powder, dal and white curry chicken. The videos also help. Thank you!

Maninas, You guessed right, all the ingredients a...

2011-01-05T00:21:56.343+02:00

Maninas,

You guessed right, all the ingredients are dry roasted on a pan or in the oven on a baking tray before grinding. It's a light roasting, the aim is to get any hint of moisture out, so they will grind into a fine powder. Moisture can lead to clumping, or result in a less than a fine ground result. Ingredients are roasted stirring constantly to avoid burning or browning. Even slight browning will alter the taste. Only roasted curry powder ingredients are browned till they turn color.

Again, you guessed right, Tamil red curry powder is something entirely different. That will give you Southern Indian (Tamil Nadu region) flavors rather than Sri Lankan flavors.

Thanks. That's helpful to know for when I run ...

2010-04-15T17:37:25.762+03:00

Thanks. That's helpful to know for when I run out! Are the chilies and spices roasted?

I saw recipes for Tamil red curry powder which has chilies. that's not the same, is it?

Chathuri Clean the cooker around the cooking plate...

2010-04-15T00:27:24.590+03:00

Chathuri
Clean the cooker around the cooking plates. Try kitchen steel wool or the scrunched up round steinless steel balls you find in packs of 2 or 4 at the household section of supermarkets.
Its ok for us as we cook at our homes - but its not good for you.
Little things that make better image.
Good luck sis!

To maninas Actually Sri Lanakan chili powder is a...

2010-04-06T14:06:20.930+03:00

To maninas

Actually Sri Lanakan chili powder is a combination of different spices, but chilies being the greater potion. What people add defers to individuals. But normally u add little bit of dried fennel and coriander.

Lovely recipe. Will tr it. I have a question. A S...

2010-03-14T23:13:34.096+02:00

Lovely recipe. Will tr it.

I have a question. A Sri Lankan friend gave me some chili powder that has a very distinctive flavour, almost with hints of fennel and coriander... Do you know what I mean? I've searched the net, but couldn't see anything but the ordinary chili powder. thanks.

one of my lankan guy friends made a white curry he...

2010-02-24T00:05:13.270+02:00

one of my lankan guy friends made a white curry he used a lot of raw green chilies and gralic and curry leaves and blended them to made a paste and came out really good. my mom also made one but she has got the recipe from a filipino friend they make white curries too..its good for a change

I tried this, and it was nice. Thanks.

2010-02-19T03:55:33.448+02:00

I tried this, and it was nice. Thanks.

My step mother is from Guyana and the chicken curr...

2010-01-06T11:03:56.712+02:00

My step mother is from Guyana and the chicken curry she grew up cooking and the one she made often was white. I grew up eating the traditional curry my grandmother made and they were brown. The difference is the use of the raw curry powder v. roasted curry powder. Very interesting... Thanks Chamari

I have never seen this kind of curry before either...

2009-12-31T00:32:39.776+02:00

I have never seen this kind of curry before either, but I have heard of it. I like my brown and black curries so much I hardly ever try the lighter side... but maybe I'm missing out!