Vegetable Dishes      

FAAGA RIHA

BASHI RIHA

AN'BU RIHA

 

 FAAGA RIHA

 

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Yield: 12 portions
Preparation time: 10 - 15 min
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Ingredients
500 g Bitter gourd (thinly sliced, soaked in salted water)
50 g Semi-dried Tuna (cleaned, cut into pieces)
100 g Onions (sliced thinly)
4 Garlic Cloves (sliced thinly)
6 Curry Leaves
2 pcs Rampe Leaf
50 g Coconut (grated)
10 g Chilli Powder
45 ml Coconut Oil
Salt to season


Method
Fry the onions, garlic, curry leaves and rampe leaf until onions are golden brown. Add in the bitter gourd, tuna, coconut, chilli powder and seasoning. Braise stirring until the bitter gourd is crisp.

 




 


 BASHI RIHA
 

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Yield: 4 portions
Preparation time: 20 - 25 min
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Ingredients
500 g Aubergine (washed, de-stemmed and cut into slices)
50 g Semi-dried smoked Tuna (cleaned, cut into pieces)
5 tbsp Coriander Curry Powder
100 g Onions (sliced thinly)
4 Garlic Cloves (sliced thinly)
6 Curry Leaves
2 pcs Rampe Leaf
45 ml Coconut Oil
400 ml Coconut Milk
100 ml Coconut Cream
Salt to season
Pinch of Caster Sugar
Oil to fry the aubergine
 

 

Method
Fry the aubergine until softened. Drain on absorbent kitchen paper.

Heat the oil. Add in the onions, garlic, curry leaves and rampe leaf and fry until the onions are browned.

Add in the aubergine, coconut milk, curry powder, fish and seasoning. Boil over a moderate heat until the sauce has thickened. Add in the pinch of sugar and cook for a further minute.

Add in the coconut cream, adjust the seasoning and remove from heat.

 


 



 

 AN'BU RIHA
 

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Yield: 6 - 8 portions
Preparation time: 20 - 30 min
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Ingredients
12 Mango (ripe, blanched and skinned, flesh from the skin scraped off)
50 g Semi-dried Tuna (cleaned, cut into pieces)
100 g Onions (sliced thinly)
4 Garlic Cloves (sliced thinly)
6 Curry Leaves
2 pcs Rampe Leaf
6 tbsp Coriander Curry Powder
100 ml Coconut Milk
50 ml Coconut Cream
45 ml Coconut Oil
Salt to season
 

 

Method
Fry the onions, garlic, curry leaves and rampe leaf until onions are golden brown.

Add in the whole mangoes and the scraped off flesh from the skins, tuna, curry powder, coconut milk and seasoning. Cook covered until the curry has thickened. Add in the coconut cream, adjust seasoning and remove from heat.

 


 

 

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