Sunday, July 19, 2009

TRADITIONAL RECIPE FOR FAST RECOVERY

This is a sri-lankan recipe which is prepared for those who have undergone an operation. It is a very simple and easy recipe.If it is consumed daily be the ailing patient, it will help them to recover much faster due to the healing abilities in the spices

Ingredients:
Cumin seeds - 2tbsp

Turmeric Powder -2tbsp

Black Pepper Seeds (You can also substitute with black peppercorns)-2tbsp

Coriander seeds-2tbsp

Kampung Chicken meat (free range chicken) or Scaled Fish

water - 1 cup

cashew nuts -1tbsp (optional)

Yogurt -1/2 cup (optional)


Method:
Step 1
First pound the cumin seeds, turmeric powder, black pepper seeds and coriander seeds.

Step 2
Then blend all the ingredients in step 1 with adding little water until it is smooth.If you do not like rough textures you can sift to remove the remainder
of spices which did not blend.

Step 3
Now bring this to the pan and boil it.

Step 4
Add the chicken meat or fish.Close the lid of the pan and let it cook for a
about 15-20 minutes in medium heat.

(Note:You can also boil the chicken separately, and add the blended spices
into the boiled chicken and cook it under low heat. (Do not throw the throw
the water which is used to boil the chicken since all the nutrition in
chicken will be absorbed by the water)

Step 5
Stir the curry to check if the chicken meat or fish meat till its cooked
well. If you like, you can also add some cashew nuts.

Step 6
Lastly add 1/2 cup of yogurt.

Now remove from the pan and serve hot with rice.

Tips:You can also add a little curry powder or paprika if you want to have a more hot flavour to your curry.

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