Coconut Sambol (Pol Sambol)

Devilled Chicken

Deviled Chicken is a quick and easy dish to make. It can be used as an accompaniment with rice, noodles, pancakes or even bread. I make devilled chicken specially when I buy bread for dinner as it goes down well with bread.

Ingredients

6-8 pieces chicken
100 gram chopped leek
2 big onions chopped
1 large tomato chopped
2 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 green chilies chopped
1 capsicum chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoon chili powder
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoon tomato ketchup
2 cloves garlic
2 sprigs curry leaves
2 teaspoon corn flour

Recipe
Wash the chicken and put them on a pot cover with water, add 2 teaspoon salt and pepper each and bring to boil. Drain the chicken and keep the stock on a side.
Place a wok on the stove, add the vegetable oil and heat it up. Add chopped garlic, curry leaves and onions. Add the green chilies, leeks and capsicum and keep stirring. Add the tomatoes, chili powder, sugar and the boiled chicken. Add the tomato ketch up and mix well with the chicken. Mix the corn flour with the chicken stock and add to the chicken. Taste and add more salt if necessary.

Fish Patties

Fish Patties is considered as a short-eat food in Sri Lanka. Fish Patties is also a favourite food item during birthday parties and occasions. You can substitute fish and used minced chicken or beef. My hubby and daughter loves patties, so once in a way I try to oblige them, but it takes time so Patties is not a recipe you can try when you are in a hurry. Don’t whine it is actually a delicious treat once you make up your mind to try it.

Ingredients - Patties
½ lb. (250gm) flour
2 ozs. Margarine or pastry margarine
1 teaspoon lime or Lemon juice
2 egg yolks or 1 egg
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking powder
4-5 tablespoon cold water

Ingredients – Filling for Patties
½ lb. (250gm) Potatoes
½ lb. (250gm) Fish
1 big onion chopped
2 green chilies chopped
1 capsicum chopped
2 sprigs curry leaves
2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon pepper powder
2 tablespoon vegetable oil

Recipe - Patties
Sieve the flour and baking powder together. Add salt and mix well. Mix the margarine using the fingertips until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs. Beat the egg and mix in to the flour. Add water and mix well and bind together to shape into a dough. Rest the dough ½ in the refrigerator.


Recipe - Filling for Patties
Boil the potatoes with the skin. When its thoroughly boiled peel off skin and mash them roughly. Boil the fish adding a pinch of salt and pepper. You can use Tuna or Seer Fish. If you are using the pre-cooked canned fish it is not necessary to boil them. Clean the bones of the fish and pound them.

Place a wok on the stove and pour oil. Fry onion, curry leaves, capsicum and green chilies. Add the mashed potato and Fish. Mix in well. Add salt and pepper.
To make the patties roll out the dough and cut rounds.

Keep each round on top of a patties cutter. Place a spoonful of curry and fold in. If you do not have a patties cutter nevertheless cut rounds and place a spoonful of filling fold in and secure the edges using fork. Place the patties on a floured plate. Deep fry in hot oil by turning both sides.

Noodles with Vegetable and Egg

Noodles with Vegetable and Egg is a quick and easy to make dinner recipe. You may substitute Egg with boiled chicken or beef. This dish serves 3 people.

Ingredients
15 oz. (400gm) Noodles
2 eggs
5 oz. (150gm) grated carrots
5 oz. (150gm) chopped leeks
4-5 tablespoon vegetable oil
3 cloves garlic
2 sprigs curry leaves
Salt and pepper to taste

Recipe
Cook the Noodles according to the instructions on the packet. Leave to drain. Mix with a little cold water and drain again.
Place a wok on the stove and pour the oil. Add chopped garlic, curry leaves, carrot and leeks and fry until the carrots are cooked.
Break the eggs into a small bowl. Add a pinch each of salt and pepper. Beat it up. Put some oil on a frying pan and make an omelette. Turn the omelette over the other side. Slide the omelette into a plate and cut strips. Add to the vegetables. Add salt and pepper, mix in the cooked Noodles. Serve immediately with tomato sauce or ketchup.