Curd and treacle recipe

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  • Cuisine: Sri Lankan
  • Serves 1

Featured as part of our Cooks and their Books series, this recipe comes courtesy of Channa Dassanayaka, author of Sri Lankan Falvours.

Channa Dassanayaka

Ingredients

1 cup yoghurt
2 tablespoons treacle

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Preparation

Traditionally in Sri Lanka the curd is made from the milk of the herds of buffalos that roam along the roadsides. It is then allowed to set in a clay pot known as a kiri hatti, which is also made by villagers. Once the curd has been eaten people use the pots for cooking, or add wire and fill them with hanging plants. Others put a hole in the bottom, paint the pot with white dots and nail it to the wall at the front of the house to attract sparrows to nest.

Greek-style set yoghurt is similar to the buffalo curd we eat in Sri Lanka. It’s good for the digestion, containing health-promoting bacteria. It is best served with jaggery – solid palm sugar – cane sugar or treacle. You can even use golden syrup if you can’t find any of the others. Curd and treacle is one of Sri Lanka’s most popular desserts and is often sold on the beaches of the south coast by street vendors for about 50 cents a pot. It is also served on special occasions such as a wedding buffet, religious feast or festival.


Take the yoghurt out of the pot, place it in a bowl and pour the treacle over the top. I love the sugary taste, so tend to add 3 tablespoons of treacle, but it is up to the individual.

Recipe from Sri Lankan Flavours by Channa Dassayanaka, with photographs by Craig Wood.
Published by Hardie Grant Books.

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Comments (3)

   
28 Aug 2011 12:53 AEST
Manike
dandenong
Treacle and curd
Make sure to select the best treacle to bring out the flavors. kithul treacle is the best.
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13 Aug 2011 07:27 AEST
Kira
London
Superb
wOw Yamee feeling...ahh if you want to eat Curd 'HONDAHITHA CURD' is the best!
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28 Sep 2010 10:34 AEST
Sarah Hackett
Gepps Cross
HONEY AND CURD
You really have to eat buffolo curd in Sri Lanka. Head down south to Hambantota where they make the best curd, you will find them on the side the road selling their curd. They are made in a clay pot, just add treacle and you will never want to go back to western yoghurt!
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