
Pol mallum is a tasty dish from Sri Lanka.It is some sort of coconut sambol, but cooked in low flame.Pol mallun goes well with string hoppers(Indi appa).
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 tspn Maldive fish (umbalakada) or small shrimp (kunisso)
- 1/2 onion sliced
- 2 cups shredded coconut
- 1 sliced green or red chilli
- Salt to taste
- 2 tsp tamarind juice
- 1 piece of sliced goraka
- little bit of red chilli powder
- 1/2 tspn Turmeric powder
- 1/2 tomato sliced
- few curry leaves and a small piece of rampe
- 1 cup water
Method:
- Add maldive fish, sliced onions, sliced chilli, tomato, salt, tamarind juice, sliced goraka, little bit of red chilli powder and curry leaves into a pan with 1 cup water and bring to a boil.
- While it’s boiling mix coconut and turmeric powder. When the maldive fish is cooked add the coconut mix into the curry and cook for a while stirring all the time.
- When the coconut is well cooked remove from the stove.