Ambul thial recipe

Created by Peter Kuruvita

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Cuisine: Sri Lankan

Ingredients

Ambul Thial
1kg of black fish
8cardamom pods
1/2 table spoon coriander
1/2 table spooncumin
1 table spoon roasted curry powder
1 teaspoonsalt
2 tablespoons cracked black pepper
1 stick of cinnamon
3 pieces of goroka
1 large onion diced chopped fine
2 green chillies
2 cloves garlic
1 sprig curry leaves
¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
1 tbsp chilli flakes
1 slice of ginger
1 tsp of black pepper corns
water to cover the fish
juice of lime

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Preparation

Grind the cardamom pods, coriander, cumin, curry powder, salt, pepper, cinnamon chillies, garlic, chilli flakes, ginger, black pepper corns and goroka with a little water onto a grinding stone and make a paste. Set aside.

Wash and cut the fish into 4-6 pieces through the bone.

Place all the remaining ingredients in an earthenware chatty with 250 ml of water and mix until the paste has dissolved.

Mix in the fish and then cook over a coal fire, covered, until the water has evaporated.

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Comments (1)

17 Nov 2011 07:14 AEST

Anoma Ratnayake

Peter's way of cooking Ambul Thial looks very simple and not complicated.Ingredients are vey easy to find as well. So all what we got to do is now follow his steps & come back to you with the taste.

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