Recipe - Dallo ( Cuttle Fish Curry)

450 g Cuttle fish
25 g Onions
1 Fresh chilli
1 Tomato
4 Cloves garlic
2 Cardamoms
1 Clove
3 teaspoon Coriander
2 teaspoon Cumin
1 teaspoon Fenugreek
One half teaspoon Chilli powder
One half teaspoon Paprika
One half teaspoon Turmeric
sprig curry leaves
250 ml Thin coconut milk
125 ml Thick coconut milk

Stuffing: 100 g gram 2 cloves garlic 1 teaspoon coriander 1 teaspoon salt
One fourth teaspoon chilli powder One fourth teaspoon turmeric

Wash and clean the cuttle fish. Wipe dry and set on one side. Prepare the
stuffing by roasting the gram and then grinding it coarsely. Crush the
garlic and mix this, together with the gram, in a bowl with the coriander,
salt, chilli powder and turmeric. Stuff the cuttle fish with this mixture
and then secure with toothpicks. Chop onion, chilli and tomato and crush
the garlic, cardamoms and the clove. Mix the onion together with the
chilli, tomato, garlic, cardamom, clove, coriander powder, cumin powder,
fenugreek, chilli powder, paprika powder, turmeric, curry leaves and thin
coconut milk. Put in a pan, add the stuffed cuttle fish and bring to the
boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the cuttle fish are tender,
approximately 30 minutes. Pour in the thick coconut milk and cook until the
gravy thickens. From: "A taste of Sri Lanka" by Indra Jayasekera, ISBN 962
224 010 0

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