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Ceylon Chicken Curry

Methods to Prepare:

Wash and joint chicken
Smear well with chilli powder and salt and set aside. Chop garlic and ginger fine, slit green chillies.
Grate coconut and make two extractions, the first one thick and the second thin.
Grind coriander and turmeric to a fine paste. Heat fat. Add garlic, onions, ginger, green chillies and ground coriander and turmeric.
Fry for 2 - 3 minutes. Add chicken and fry well.
Add thin coconut milk and simmer till chicken is tender.
Add thick coconut milk, salt to taste and juice of 1 lime.
Simmer for 5 minutes more with lid off.

Methods to Prepare:

Sieve flour, backing powder, and salt together. Make a well in centre. Add lightly beaten eggs
Make a stiff dough using a little cold water if necessary. Sprinkle a pastry board with cornflour and knead dough gently till smooth
Roll out wafer-thin and cut in 7.5 cm (3") squares. Mix minced meat with other ingredients and place a heaped tsp of mixture in middle of each square.
Fold crosswise and press edges together firmly, using a little water. Deep fry in smoking fat until deep brown, or boil in soup.
When fried, serve with a sweet and sour sauce

Methods for Sauce:

Mix sugar, vinegar, tomato sauce, and water and bring to a boil
Add cornflour blended with soya sauce and stir on a slow fire until sauce thickens.

Ingredients	Quantity
Noodles	1/2 packet
Chicken	300 gm (shredded)
Shrimps	300 gm
Carrots	200 gm
Salt and Pepper	to taste
Ajinomoto (Monosodium glutamte)	2 pinches
Chicken stock	10 ml
Cabbage	300 gm
Onions	100 gm
Tomato sauce	1/2 a small bottle
Corn starch	30 gm
Oil	10 ml
Oil	for deep frying

Methods to Prepare:

Boil noodles, drain and deep fry to a crisp brown
Shred chicken
Shell and de-vein shrimps
Cut vegetables into thin long strips
Heat oil in a pan. Add shredded chicken and saute it and then add shrimps for a few minutes
Add prepared vegetables. Add chicken stock and seasoning to taste. Add tomato sauce. Thicken with cornflour blended with cold water
When mixture becomes thick, remove from fire and place on crisp noodles. Serve immediately

Ingredients	Quantity (For 4)
Noodles	400 gm
Cabbage	60 gm
Carrots	60 gm
Ham	60 gm
Shredded chicken	60 gm
Capsicums	60 gm
Spring onions	1/2 bunch
Bean sprouts	60 gm
Salt	5 gm
Soya sauce	1 tsp
Ajinomoto (Monosodium glutamate)	2 gm
Oil	30 ml

Methods to Prepare:

Ingredients	Quantity (For 4)
Raw breast of chicken (shredded)	85 gm
Chicken stock	1.2 litre
Ajinomoto (Monosodium glutamate)	a pinch
Egg	1
Canned asparagus	8
Salt and Pepper	to taste
Cornflour	30 gm

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