Best Sri Lanka Coconut Yogurt Chicken Over Rice Sticks Recipes

COCONUT CHICKEN CURRY WITH YOGURT

Steps:

• In a heavy pan, sauté butter, onions and garlic until soft and lightly brown.
• Add spices, and fry 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add chicken, and brown on all sides.
• Mix yogurt turmeric, and coconut milk together and add to chicken. Cover with a tight fitting lid and simmer 35-45 minutes until chicken is tender. Remove cinnamon sticks and cardamom pods. Serve hot with rice.
• Optional: substitute 2 1/2 tsp curry powder for coriander, cumin and cayenne pepper.

SRI LANKA COCONUT-YOGURT CHICKEN OVER RICE STICKS

Steps:

• Cut chicken up into bite size pieces removing the skin, fat and discarding the backbone. Use a folk to hold the tomato and then over a flame, which will cause the.
• skin to blister. then remove the skin. Do the same with the second tomato and then chop both tomatoes up.
• Cooking Instructions-.
• In a big pot add 3 tablespoons oil and 1 tablespoon gee. Add the onion, fennel seeds, pepper flakes, cardamom seeds, cinnamon stick, garlic, turmeric, salt, paprika, ½ teaspoon curry powder (or more to taste), ginger, chopped tomatoes. Cook and stir until the onions are a nice brown.
• Add the coconut milk and yogurt. Stir until smooth.
• Add the chicken pieces and toss.
• Cook uncovered, stirring from time-to-time for about 1 hour... until the sauce is reduced to a thick consistency.
• While the chicken is cooking (15 minutes before it is finished), in a big wok add the can of chicken broth and bring to a boil. When boiling turn off the heat and add the rice sticks. Toss with a folk to loosen up the strands. Let sit for about 5 plus minutes. Remove into a colander.
• In the dried wok, add 3 tablespoons oil and ½ teaspoon curry powder (or more to taste). Add the rice sticks, toss with a folk to loosen the strands and cook to "al dente".
• Remove the rice sticks to a nice size plate and spread out.
• Add the chicken pieces in the center and with the sauce on top.
• Add slices of orange around the edges of the plate.
• Serve and enjoy!

KUKUL MAS MALUWA (SRI LANKAN CHICKEN CURRY)

Steps:

• In a small skillet, combine the coriander, cumin, fennel, cardamom, peppercorns and 15 curry leaves. Heat the spice mixture over medium heat, stirring often, until the spices are toasted and fragrant, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a spice grinder and grind into powder. (You should have about 3 1/2 tablespoons.) Set aside the toasted curry powder.
• In a large, heavy-bottomed pot, heat the coconut oil over medium-high. Add the onion, garlic and ginger, and cook, stirring often, until the onion has softened, about 8 minutes. Add the toasted curry powder, paprika, turmeric and salt, and cook, stirring, another 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, chiles and remaining 5 curry leaves.
• Add the chicken and toss to cover it in the onion mixture. Add the pandan, cinnamon and lemongrass, reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and cook, for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the coconut milk and simmer, uncovered and stirring occasionally, until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce has thickened slightly, about 20 minutes more. (The light meat will be cooked before the dark meat; you can simply remove it when it's done and add it back in when the dark meat is cooked.)
• Add the vinegar and season to taste with salt.

NAT'S RICE STICKS

Steps:

• Boil some water, turn heat off, add Rice Sticks.
• Let sit in water for about 3-4 minutes, or until done and strain.
• Heat wok, add oil and butter until melted.
• Add curry powder, garlic powder and kosher salt.
• Add leeks and toss for about 1 minute.
• Add carrots and toss for about 1 minute.
• Add broccoli and toss for about 1 minute.
• Add wine, (or other liquid) and put the lid on wok or pan.
• Let everything simmer/steam on med.
• heat for 2 minutes.
• Remove lid, add Rice sticks, toss and put in serving bowl.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste, and I also usually add a little extra virgin olive oil at this point, and give it a last toss before serving.
• Enjoy!

STICKY COCONUT CHICKEN AND RICE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Rub chicken with 1 tablespoon of oil, and season with 1 teaspoon of salt and ¼ teaspoon of pepper.
• In a large Dutch oven, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil over medium. Working in two batches, brown chicken, turning halfway, until no longer pink, around 5 minutes per batch. Transfer to a plate.
• Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, the ginger and the garlic to the empty pot, and stir until fragrant, 30 seconds. Add rice and stir until evenly coated in the oil. Add broth, coconut milk, bell pepper, cashews, scallions and the remaining 1 teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Stir to lift up any browned bits on the bottom of the pot. Arrange chicken on top, add any accumulated juices from the plate and bring to a boil over high.
• Cover and bake until all of the liquid is absorbed, rice is tender and chicken is cooked through, 25 minutes. Scatter cilantro over the chicken and rice, then divide among bowls. Serve with hot sauce.

TAMARIND CHILI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a wide saucepan and, when hot, add the mustard seeds.
• Once the seeds start popping, remove the pan from the heat.
• When the popping stops, return to the heat, reduce the heat and stir in the chilis and onion.
• Fry for 8-10 minutes until the onions are soft.
• Add the tomatoes and 1 cup water (if using canned tomatoes, drain juice into measuring cup and add additional water to equal 1 cup) and stir.
• Stir in the tamarind and coriander seeds and season.
• Add the chicken, mix well and cook over a medium heat for 8 minutes until cooked through.