Sri Lankan Vegetables and Pulses

Pol Mallun(Coconut Mallun / coconut chutney)

written by Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi October 13, 2011

Pol mallun or some say Pol mallum is a tasty dish from Sri Lanka.It is some sort of coconut sambol, but cooked in low flame.Pol mallun goes well with string hoppers(Indi appa).May be that’s why some call this ‘String hopper mallun’.

These pictures were taken sometime ago even before starting this blog. But I wanted to share the recipe, as it is a delicious dish from Sri Lanka.(I will change the pictures later 🙂 )

Here is the recipe

Ingredients (3-4 servings)

2 cups grated fresh coconut

1 Onion sliced
1-2 fresh green chili sliced
1/2 tspn Turmeric Powder
1 inch piece of cinnamon stick
1 sprig Curry leaf
1/4 tspn Fenugreek Seed
juice of1 small lime
1 piece Goraka or instead use 1-2 tspn of Tamarind paste
Salt to taste

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together. If possible mix with hand, so that all the spice taste will be absorbed by grated coconut

Add about 3-4 tbspn water

Place all the mix in a pan & cook until onions are soft. But you need to stir it time to time.

Adjust salt

Remove from the flame

(Hint: It is tasty if you add 1 tbspn of some maldive fish or pieces of dried fish )

We prepare this dish mostly with String hoppers (Indi appa)

Sharing with the event Veggie/Fruit a month -Coconut

Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi

Amila Gamage is the blogger behind Food Corner. She shares her cooking adventures in this blog. Apart from recipes, you will also find travel, health and kitchen inspirations in this blog. She started writing this blog in 2011 and still continuing.

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7 comments

Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal October 13, 2011 - 5:39 pm

wow, that is an interesting recipe, love the idea. I guess we can also mix it with rice and eat. Please do send it to my “veggie/fruit a month – coconut” event along.

Archana October 13, 2011 - 1:13 pm

must try both these.

I am hosting Fast Food not Fat Foot event last date is 15/10/11. Do check out my event and send me your entries.

Asoka Ganhewa May 5, 2013 - 3:58 pm

Very Good Recipe! Turned out very well. Ran out of it in few minutes. Had the cook the second batch. Thank you! AG

Asoka Ganhewa May 5, 2013 - 4:01 pm

Very Good Recipe! Everyone enjoyed and the food ran out. Had to cook the second batch. Thank you! AG

Amila Wickramarachchi November 16, 2014 - 4:05 pm

thanks & glad to know that you all enjoyed it….

Anonymous November 15, 2014 - 2:19 am

this is the pol mallum I was looking for. wright colour and the wright ingredients. well done.
real down south recipe
thanks

Amila Wickramarachchi November 16, 2014 - 4:04 pm

thanks & glad you liked it….

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