Seven Vegetables Curry (Hath Maaluwa) (Traditional Sri Lankan Curry)

Hath maaluwa or the seven vegetable curry is a taditional Sri Lankan mixed vegetable curry together with loads of flavours. Normally it is served during the Sri Lankan new year season to balance the nutrients level with the busy life style as well as the oily food that people consume during the time.

Sri Lanka is a tiny island gifted with natural beauty diverse geographies , different climates and variety of different vegetables grows from province to province. So this curry is different from province to province as they normally use the seasonal harvest in this curry.

With our busy life style we always lack of having a balanced diet. This is a really nice way of doing a mixed vegetable curry to serve with rice or any kind of a bread.

Instead of using the vegetables  I have used you can use mushrooms, green peas, snake beans,pumpkin, yam (root veggies) spinach or anything seasonal or as you wish. To give a little more flavour you can add some tomatoes too. 

Seven Vegetables Curry (Hath Maaluwa)( Traditional Sri Lankan Curry)

Ingredients

•   Potatoes
• - Leek
• - Carrots
• - Chickpeas
• - Green Beans
• - Cashews
• - Eggplant
• - Onion
• - Ginger
• - Garlic
• - Curry Leaves
• - Cinnamon
• - Pundan Leaves
• - Fenugreek Seeds
• - Green Chillies
• - Curry Powder
• - Pepper
• - Chillie Powder
• - Tumeric Powder
• - Salt
• - Oil for tempering
• -Cumin & Mustard seeds

Method

1. Soak or add boiling water to cashews.
2. Soak the chick peas overnight or use canned chick peas.
3. In to a pot add the cashews and potatoes. (If you are using soaked chick peas add cashew and chick peas first and later potatoes)
4. Add spices and onion, garlic ginger, curry leaves , panda leaves,cinnamon leaving half of the onions ,garlic ginger, and curry leaves.
5. Add enough water and cook on low heat until its half cooked.
6. Then add carrots & cook several minutes.
7. Add green beans and egg plants.
8. Then add leeks and chick peas next.
9. After a minute add coconut milk and cook until it boils and thicken the gravy.
10. Then in another pot add 1 tblsp oil and add cumin & mustard seeds. 
11. When they star spluttering add onion, garlic,ginger,and curry leaves.
12. Brown them & add the curry in to it.
13. The curry is ready to serve.

Spring Onion Bread Rolls (Soft & Moist)

Spring Onion Bread Rolls (Soft & Moist)

Ingredients

For the Topping

• 1 bunch spring onions/scallion cut finely
• 1 Egg
• 50 -70 g Butter
• 1 egg for egg wash

For the 1st Bread dough

• 2 1/2 tsp Dry instant yeast (2 of 7g Satchets)
• 2 1/2 Tblsp warm water
• 2 Tblsp Sugar
• 225 ml warm water
• 425 g Bread Flour

For adding after proving the dough

• 4 Tblsp olive oil
• 1 Egg
• 75 g Caster sugar
• 1Tsp salt
• 190 g  Bread flour
• 60 ml Water

Method.

1. Add warm water and sugar in to the dry yeast and leave in a warm place to activate about 10 min.
2. Then add flour and yeast in to the mixing bowl and add water little by little while mixing.
3. Knead the dough about 5 min.
4. Then leave about 40 min to prove in a warm place covering with a damp cloth.
5. After 40 min take the dough out  and punch down and add other ingredients except water & oil.
6. Add water and oil while kneading.
7. Knead the dough another 5-6 min.
8. Then leave to rest 15- 20 min.
9. Prepare spring onion and eggs adding enough salt and leave aside.
10. Take the dough and add flour to the bench top.
11.  Knead about 2 min.
12. Make rolls and arrange them on a tray.
13. Once the dough rise cut length way using a sharp knife.
14. Add prepared spring onions in to the middle.
15. Leave in a warm place until double in size.
16. Egg wash and bake 180c about 20-30 min.

Cake Pops

There are two ways of doing cake pops. Do bake them in original pop maker or using ready made cake. The easy way of doing it to use the left over cake and crumble it, or make a cake and crumble it. You can either use one flavour or different flavours if you are making them in  bulk.

This is a really easy and a quick way of making them for kids birthday parties or any other function.

you can make them a day ahead and store in fridge to take them once you want them. Or even as a snack for the kids.

When you crumble a cake and adding sweeteners it becomes little so if you want a lot you will need a big cake. From 500g of cake I made only 10.

Cake Pops (Quick & easy ) from left over cake.

Ingredients

• Cake (Specially leftovers)
• Strawberry jam/ or any other flavour.
• Bees honey / Molasses
• Sprinkles/pearls
• Shredded coconut/ Desiccated coconut
• Crushed mixed nuts
• Food colouring
• Lollypop sticks
• A bowl or a form board to hold the pops or a cake pop holder
• Chocolate/ dark or white or both.

Method

1. Crumble the cake.
2. Add Jam & honey or any other sweetener you are using until it becomes a sticky dough. (Do not add once, add little by little)
3. Then make balls according the size you wish.
4. Put that in the fridge for 30 min or overnight.
5. Melt the chocolate over simmering water mixing several times.
6. Leave it to cool down a bit before using.
7. Take the pops out from the fridge and insert the sticks and secure it.
8. Arrange different types of sprinkles in bowls on the bench top.
9. Dip the balls in chocolate & decorate with sprinkles.
10. Press them on to the holder.

Fried Egg Curry

Fried Egg Curry

Ingredients

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• - Boiled Eggs
• - Salt
• - Onion
• - Garlic
• - Pundan Leaves
• - Tomatoes
• - Green Chillies
• - Lime Juice
• - Cinnamon 
• - Fenugreek Seeds
• - Curry Powder
• - Tumeric Powder
• - Chillie Powder

Method

1. Add some oil in to a pot.
2. When it is hot add the garlic,curry leaves, pandan leaves and onions. Cook several minutes.
3. While frying the onions add cinnamon and the fenugreek seeds.
4. Then add tomatoes and green chillies and cook another minute.
5. Next, add the spices and salt to your taste.
6. Then add coconut milk or cream.
7. Cook until the sauce thickens.
8. Then add the fried eggs.
9. Cook several minutes.
10. Serve hot.

Coconut Cup Cakes

Coconut Cup Cakes

Ingredients

•  - 1 1/4 Cup of Self Raising Flour
• - 1/2 Cup of Milk
• - 1/2 Cup of Decicated Coconut
• - 3/4 Cup of Sugar
• - 2 Eggs
• - 125g of Butter

For the icing

• - 1 1/2 Cup of Icing Sugar
• - Food Colouring
•   2 Tblsp hot water
•   Candies or pearls or sprinkles to decorate.

Method…

1. Preheat oven to 180.
2. Spay or arrange paper on a muffin tray.
3. Beat butter and sugar until creamy.
4. Add eggs and cream it. 
5. Then add other ingredients and mix well.
6. Put equal amounts into the patty pans.
7. Bake and cool them down on wire racks.
8. Prepare icing and pour them on top.
9. Add sprinkles or candies.

Lentil ,Spinach &Vegetable Soup

Lenti, Spinach & Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• - 1 Cup of Lentils
• - 1 Cup of Celery
• - 2 Stock Cubes
• - Spinach
• - 1 Onion
• - Leek
• - Potato
• - Oil
• - 6 Cups of Water
•   Cream
•   Cumin Powder
•   Salt & Pepper

Method

1. Add a table spoon ful oil in toa pan.
2. Fry onion , garlic.
3. Add celery,leeks, potato, and lentils.
4. Cook 1 hour on low heat.
5. Blend the soup. Add seasoning.
6. Add spinach and cream.
7. Serve hot.

Date Chutney (Rata indi Chutney)

Date Chutney (Rata Indi Chutney)

Ingredients

• - 350g of Dates
• -5-10 cloves Garlic 
• - 2 inches cleaned Ginger
• - 2 Tablespoons of Mustard Powder
• - 1/2 Teaspoon of Pepper
• - 1 1/2 Teaspoons of Chillie Powder
• - Several Cloves
• -5 pods or Cardamom Seeds
• - 2 inches Cinnamon
• - 1-2 cups Vinegar
• - Sultana
•    Salt
•  1/4 cup  Sugar

Method

1. Grind or process garlic,ginger, mustard ,pepper,chillie powder,cloves, cardamom seeds, cinnamon with a bit of vinegar.
2. Add 1-2 cups vinegar in to a pot and leave it to be hot on the stove.
3. Add the ground spice paste and salt  in to the vinegar and bring it to the boil.
4. Add dates and sulthana, and sugar if you like it more sweeter.
5. Cook several minutes until dates are fluffy.
6. From the back of the spoon mash the dates.
7. Put in serelized jars.