Culinary Class in Sri Lanka - A Tasty Way to Learn the Spice

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Culinary Class in Sri Lanka - A Tasty Way to Learn the Spice

One of the best ways to learn a new culture is through food.
We took a culinary class in Sigiriya, central Sri Lanka, and learned to cook a few local dishes. Watch the whole morning class or jump to your favourite dish (ingredient lists at the end of the description):

00:00 Intro
00:45 Traditional Rice Husking
01:23 Frying Papadums
01:49 Frying freshwater fish
02:13 Pickled vegetables
02:30 Garlic paste
02:50 Pickled vegetables (following)
06:12 Coconut milk
06:56 Lentil curry
08:45 Eggplant curry
10:43 Okra curry

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Recipes' ingredients:

Achcharu - Pickled vegetables

1 eggplant
1 small pineapple
2 carrots
2 shallots
2 tomatoes
2 banana peppers
6 dates
2 garlic cloves
Ginger paste, to taste
1 cup of toddy (coconut) vinegar
3 tablespoons of sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
1 teaspoon of black pepper
2 teaspoons mustard seeds
1 teaspoon ground pepper
Coconut oil to fry

Parippu - Lentil Curry

300g orange lentils
1 shallot
1/2 tomato
200 ml of coconut milk
6 curry leaves
1 coffee spoon of black pepper
1 teaspoon of cumin
1 coffee spoon of ground chilli
1 coffee spoon of turmeric
1 coffee spoon of fenugreek
1 cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon of salt

Brinjol - Eggplant Curry

3 eggplants
1 shallot
1 small tomato
200 ml of coconut milk
3 tablespoons of coconut oil
6 curry leaves
1 coffee spoon of black pepper
1 teaspoon cumin
1 coffee spoon of coriander powder
1 tablespoon of fresh ginger
1 coffee spoon of ground chilli
1 coffee spoon of turmeric
1 teaspoon of mustard seeds
1 cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon of salt

Bandakka - Okra Curry

300 g of okra
1 shallot
1 tomato
2 garlic cloves
100 ml of coconut oil
2 teaspoons of ground black pepper
1 teaspoon of cumin powder
Nutmeg to taste
1 coffee spoon of turmeric
2 cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon of paprika
1 teaspoon of mustard seeds
2 curry leaves
1 teaspoon of salt