Kakuluwo curry, also known as
Jaffna
Jaffna (, ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th mo ...
crab curry, is a traditional spicy
Sri Lankan crab curry. The dish originated in the northern regions of Sri Lanka but is popular around the country, mostly in the seaboard areas where
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of ...
and other
seafood are
staple foods. The dish is served with rice,
pittu or bread.
Preparation
The dish typically uses either
blue swimmer or
mud crab
Mud crab may refer to any crab that lives in or near mud, such as:
*'' Scylla serrata''
*'' Scylla tranquebarica''
*'' Scylla paramamosain''
*'' Scylla olivacea''
*Members of the family Panopeidae, such as '' Panopeus herbstii''
*Members of the ...
s, which are cleaned, removing the gills and fibrous membranes then broken into smaller portions. Onion, garlic, ginger,
fenugreek seeds,
curry leaves
A curry is a dish with a sauce seasoned with spices, mainly associated with South Asian cuisine. In southern India, leaves from the curry tree may be included.
There are many varieties of curry. The choice of spices for each dish in tradit ...
, cinnamon,
chilli,
turmeric
Turmeric () is a flowering plant, ''Curcuma longa'' (), of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, the rhizomes of which are used in cooking. The plant is a perennial, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast ...
, salt and
coconut milk are mixed in a
claypot
Clay pot cooking is a process of cooking food in a pot made of unglazed or glazed pottery.
History
Cooking in unglazed clay pots which are first immersed in water dates at least to the Etruscans in first century BC but likely dates to several ...
and allowed to simmer over medium-low heat. The crab is then added, followed by the
seed pods of the drumstick tree; the dish is allowed to continue to simmer until the crab cooks through.
Kakuluwo curry is normally eaten with
pol sambol and rice.
See also
*
Cuisine of Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan cuisine is known for its particular combinations of herbs, spices, fish, vegetables, rices, and fruits. The cuisine is highly centered around many varieties of rice, as well as coconut which is a ubiquitous plant throughout the count ...
References
External links
How to make Sri Lankan Crab Curry
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