Sri Lanka Coconut-Yogurt Chicken over Rice Sticks
Coconut milk, yogurt and rice simmered on the stove and spiced with fennel seed and chilli.
1 hr 15 min · Serves 4 · Medium
Ingredients
Method
Start cooking mode- Prep 30 min · Cook 45 min · 75 min total
- medium
- 1
Cut chicken up into bite size pieces removing the skin, fat and discarding the backbone. Use a folk to hold the tomato and then over a flame, which will cause the.
- 2
Skin to blister. then remove the skin. Do the same with the second tomato and then chop both tomatoes up.
- 3
Cooking Instructions-. In a big pot add 3 tablespoons oil and 1 tablespoon gee. Add the onion, fennel seeds, pepper flakes, cardamom seeds, cinnamon stick, garlic, turmeric, salt, paprika, ½ teaspoon curry powder (or more to taste), ginger, chopped tomatoes. Cook and stir until the onions are a nice brown.
- 4
Add the coconut milk and yogurt. Stir until smooth. Add the chicken pieces and toss. Cook uncovered, stirring from time-to-time for about 1 hour… until the sauce is reduced to a thick consistency.
- 5
While the chicken is cooking (15 minutes before it is finished), in a big wok add the can of chicken broth and bring to a boil. When boiling turn off the heat and add the rice sticks. Toss with a folk to loosen up the strands. Let sit for about 5 plus minutes. Remove into a colander.
- 6
In the dried wok, add 3 tablespoons oil and ½ teaspoon curry powder (or more to taste). Add the rice sticks, toss with a folk to loosen the strands and cook to “al dente”.
- 7
Remove the rice sticks to a nice size plate and spread out. Add the chicken pieces in the center and with the sauce on top.
- 8
Add slices of orange around the edges of the plate.
Notes and swaps
- Not assessed yet. Check each ingredient if you have an allergy.



