VideoNEW
Podcasts
Blogs
Watch Video
- Cuisine:
- Serves 6
This auspicious Sri Lankan rice dish is eaten as the first meal of the New Year and for breakfast on the first day of every new month, as well as other special occasions. Discover its wonderful balance of sweet and savoury components.
Ingredients
400g (2 cups) basmati rice400ml coconut milk
1 cinnamon quill
6 ladyfinger bananas
Grated jaggery*, to serve
Lunu miris (onion-chilli sambol)
25 dried red chillies
2 tbs Maldive fish*
1 large red onion, chopped
Juice of 2 limes, plus extra (optional), to serve
Preparation
To make lunu miris, remove stems and seeds from chillies. Process chillies, Maldive fish, onion, lime juice and 2 tsp salt in a food processor to a coarse paste. (Alternatively, pound ingredients using a mortar and pestle.) Season with extra lime juice, if desired.Place rice, 1L water and 1 tsp salt in a saucepan, cover and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low and cook rice for 10 minutes. Stir in coconut milk and cinnamon quill, cover and cook for a further 15 minutes or until rice has absorbed the liquid and is thick and creamy.
Discard cinnamon quill and spread rice evenly into a 19cm x 29cm lamington pan. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside to cool. Cut into 6 diamond-shaped pieces. Serve with lunu miris, bananas and jaggery.
*Jaggery is an unrefined sugar made from sugar cane or palm sap and is available from selected Indian and Sri Lankan food shops.
*Maldive fish is cured bonito that is traditionally produced in the Maldives. It is available from selected Indian and Sri Lankan food shops.
Photography by Brett Stevens.
If you enjoyed this Kiri bath recipe then browse more and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.
Restaurants
Displaying of Restaurants.
| Restaurant | Book Online | Suburb |
Featured Food & Recipes
Hot Tips
Rescuing burnt chocolate
To melt chocolate break it into small pieces and place in a large heatproof bowl suspended over a small saucepan of just simmering water. Make sure the bottom of the bowl is not touching the water. Stir constantly and remove as soon as all the chocolate is melted.
Glossary
Romadur
A soft-ripened cheese originally from Germany. Although similar to the very aromatic Limburger, Romadur has a milder aroma and contains less salt.
