Sri Lanka was a house that had been on our “Wanna’ Visit” listing for several years. The pocket-sized isle dry soil in
the Indian Ocean is abode to 8 UNESCO World Heritage Sites as well as beautiful beaches. We visited the World Heritage Sites, went on a safari inward a national park, stopped at an elephant orphanage, learned nigh tea production, as well as marveled at the beautiful scenery. We ended our catch close the international airdrome at a Small Luxury Hotel of the World, Jetwing Beach Hotel. We enjoyed the Jetwing’s beach, wonderful meals, as well as spa. A high yell for was their cooking lesson.
The cooking lesson started brilliant as well as early on only non equally early on equally Chamara, the naturalist at Jetwing Beach Hotel, wanted it to. He idea 4 a.m. was the perfect fourth dimension to become to the fish market. I did not, therefore talked him into going at vi a.m. I know why he wanted to become therefore early. Negombo is 1 of country’s major ports as well as where the angling boats become far early on inward the morning time to sell their fish wholesale. As Chamara explained, “By vi a.m. most of the fish has been sold as well as taken to retail markets all over the country.” Even therefore at that topographic point was an amazing total of fish yet for sale including tuna, bass, shrimp, prawns, as well as squid. We bought shrimp for our cooking class.
At eleven a.m. John, my husband, as well as I went to the palm-shaded surface area betwixt the beach as well as the hotel’s
eatery where Suneth Nishantha Navarathna, the Chef de Partie, showed us how to brand Necombo Prawn Curry. Curries as well as rice are the mainstays of Sri Lankan cooking as well as piece many Sri Lankans consume amongst their fingers the hotel caters to Europeans therefore cutlery e'er accompanies meals. H5N1 few years agone nosotros tried eating amongst our fingers past times putting the curry on overstep of the rice, mixing it up, shaping it into a pocket-sized ball as well as and therefore putting it inward our mouth. By the agency the left manus should non live used when eating equally it is reserved for cleansing later using the toilet. We institute eating amongst our fingers was non slow as well as a niggling messy therefore nosotros resorted to using cutlery. I honey this saying: “One-third of the globe eats amongst their fingers, one-third amongst chopsticks, one-third amongst cutlery as well as everyone 1 is doing it correctly.”
By the way, Jetwing has taken positive steps to protect, maintain, as well as get upwards a build clean as well as wellness environment. They conserve expose energy as well as H2O past times implementing practicing the Three Rs – recycle, reuse, as well as reduce. They employ local people as well as products whenever possible. Shampoo, conditioner, as well as soaps are all herbal. They get to cut the role of plastic past times using paper, ceramic as well as stuff were applicable. And, they receive got started as well as conception to expand their hotel garden. For to a greater extent than data cheque jetwing.com or slh.com.
Negombo Prawn Curry
1 tbsp curry powder
1 tbsp chili powder
½ (one-half) tbsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1 lb prawns (or large shrimp) cleaned as well as deveined
two tbsp oil
½ (one-half) loving cup thinly sliced onions
two tbsp diced garlic
1 teaspoon diced ginger
¼ tsp dill seeds
4 curry leaves
¾ (three-fourths) loving cup of sparse kokosnoot milk (add ½ (one-half) H2O to thick kokosnoot milk)
two 1-inch slivers of cinnamon stick
½ (one-half) tsp gamboge glue (substitute love apple tree paste)
½ (one-half) loving cup thick kokosnoot milk
1 tbsp lemon juice
Mix curry powder, chili powder, turmeric, as well as tabular array salt as well as toss amongst prawns. Heat crude oil inward frying pan. Sauté onion, garlic, ginger until golden brown. Add seasoned prawns as well as sauté for nigh 1 minute. Add all other ingredients only non the thick kokosnoot milk. Cook for nigh 8 minutes as well as therefore stir inward thick kokosnoot milk. Remove from heat, add together lemon juice. Serve amongst rice.