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Sri Lankan Dry Beef Curry

Sri Lankan Dry Beef Curry

While Chicken and Fish are widely eaten, Beef & Pork are less widely eaten in Sri Lanka largely due to religious sensibilities. Many Buddhists are vegetarian or eat fish but abstaining from beef is not universal. This fragrant and tasty curry made with beef and served “dry” (no sauce) has long been a favorite at my table. It also tastes good with pork. I was attempting to make a traditional Sri Lankan beef curry with lots of gravy but forgot…

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Sri Lankan Red Chicken Curry

Sri Lankan Red Chicken Curry

The spice blend used for this recipe is called “Badapu thuna paha” in Sinhalese, which translates to “roasted three five”. Presumably the original spice blends had either three or five spices but my blend has eight ingredients. Thuna-paha is a generic name for spice blends and each cook may have a different blend for each type of meat . Feel free to modify the blend to your taste! In the ingredients I specify Ceylon Cinnamon. Ceylon was the colonial name…

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