
Pasta & rice
Lamprais
A Sri Lankan festive dish of Dutch origin: rice cooked in stock and coconut milk, served with several curries, sambals and a piece of meat, all wrapped and steamed in a banana leaf. It is a complete meal, ideal for celebrations.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Sauce au poulet
Sambal de piment
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
On the side
Instructions
- Rinse the rice, then cook it in the chicken stock with the coconut milk, cinnamon and cloves until fully absorbed. Set aside.
- Fry the onion, garlic and ginger in the oil, then add the curry powder and chicken thighs. Cover with coconut milk and simmer for 30 minutes.
- In another pan, fry the minced beef with the spices until well cooked, then adjust the seasoning.
- Make the sambal: thinly slice the red onions, crush the dried chillies and mix with the lime juice and a pinch of salt.
- Warm the banana leaves over a flame or in boiling water to make them pliable, then wipe them dry.
- On each leaf, place a portion of rice, a piece of chicken, some minced beef, a hard-boiled egg cut in half and a spoonful of sambal, then fold it into a parcel.
- Place the parcels in an ovenproof dish and bake for 15 minutes at 180 °C to reheat everything. Serve straight away, opening the parcel at the table.
Variations and tips
Vegetarian version. Replace the chicken and beef with chickpeas or lentils cooked in curry and slices of fried aubergine.
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Original Ecomely recipe.

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka