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14 must-try Sri Lankan recipes

Fragrant curries, lime pickle and possibly the best dhal recipe you'll ever find.
O Tama Carey's fried eggs with seeni sambol, coconut and turmeric

O Tama Carey's fried eggs with seeni sambol, coconut and turmeric

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Spices are at the heart of Sri Lankan cooking, and it takes a deft cook to know which combination of spices (and how to prepare them) will allow the dish to sing.

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Chef Peter Kuruvita shows how to perfect a king’s chicken curry and lime pickle, while O Tama Carey shows how it’s done with her recipes for crab curry, black braised beef brisket and cabbage mallung. And don’t skip out on that dhal recipe – it’s possibly the best of its kind.

Here our are best Sri Lankan recipes to try.

Photo: Alan Benson

Peter Kuruvita’s lime pickle

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Photo: Chris Chen

O Tama Carey’s Sri Lankan crab curry

Fish curry with coconut sambal
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Flying Fish’s fish curry with coconut sambal

Photo: The Precinct Studios and Peter Kuruvita

King’s chicken curry

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Egg hoppers with green sambol and coconut gravy

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Photo: Alan Benson

Peter Kuruvita’s pork curry

Photo: Chris Court

Sri Lankan snapper curry with basmati rice and yoghurt

Sri Lankan prawn curry

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O Tama Carey’s black braised brisket

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O Tama Carey’s pipis with bay leaves and gentle curry sauce

O Tama Carey's fried eggs with seeni sambol, coconut and turmeric
Photo: Ben Dearnley

O Tama Carey’s fried eggs with seeni sambol, coconut and turmeric

Sri Lankan fish curry
Photo: William Meppem

Sri Lankan fish curry

Photo: Alicia Taylor

Tempered dhal

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

O Tama Carey’s cabbage mallung

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