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Sri Lankan Tapioca Curry / Manyokka Curry

written by Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi May 22, 2015
Manyokka-curry

If you want to know how to cook Manyokka curry or Tapioca curry as called in English,then here is my Sri Lankan recipe.

Today I want to share Sri Lankan Tapioca Curry Recipe because in Sri Lanka Tapioca (Manyokka/Kappa) is a popular food item in different recipes. We eat boiled tapioca with grated coconut or coconut sambol. A chili paste is a must to complete this meal.

Another method is to cook tapioca in a curry. So, today my recipe is about tapioca curry which any Sri Lankan won’t refuse to eat.In Sri Lanka,Tapioca is commonly called as ‘Manyokka’ .So,if you are her to find Sri Lankan Manyokka Curry,here it is.

Manyokka Curry
Manyokka Curry

Manyokka Curry Cooking Tips

But,before you proceed to read the rest of this post,read this post to find the important tips you need to follow when cook Tapioca to avoid food poisoning.
If you find good tapioca that means, if you found fresh tapioca which boil well, I am sure you will end up with a delicious finger licking tapioca curry.
I usually don’t use red chili powder for this curry. If you’ve noticed, in Sri Lankan recipes you will find some curries with red chili powder and some curries with green chili. By adding different chili, we get curry with different tastes and with different appearance. Usually tapioca curry with green chili is mild spicy and also it gives some appealing yellowish appearance which anyone want to eat.

Tapioca

Once you cooked the curry, don’t forget the seasoning. Not only seasoning gives aroma and taste, it also gives some delicious and inviting look for your curry. So, add the seasoning and make your family members hungry!

Sri Lankan Tapioca curry recipe / Manyokka Curry

Here is my Sri Lankan Tapioca curry recipe.(Manyokka/kappa)

Ingredients: (for 3-4 servings)

For the curry:

Tapioca (about 500 g)
½ medium sized onion sliced
2-3 green chili sliced
1 sprig curry leaves
1inch piece pandan leaf/(rampa) (optional)
¼ tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp raw curry powder
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
Piece of cinnamon
Salt to taste
1 cup thick coconut milk
1 cup thin coconut milk

For Seasoning:

2 tbspn oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
2-3 dried red chilis (crushed)
Sliced ½ onion.
Few curry leaves

Method

Peel the skin of tapioca. Wash and cut into bite size pieces.
Remove any damaged parts of tapioca and do not use those.
In a cooking pot (a clay pot is better), add tapioca.
Add sliced green chili, sliced onion, turmeric powder, raw curry powder, fenugreek seeds, cinnamon, curry leaves and pandan leaf. Add salt too.
Add thin coconut milk and cook till tapioca is well cooked.
When tapioca is cooked, add thick coconut milk to it and allow simmering.
Remember to stir to avoid any clumps.
At the same time prepare the seasoning in another pan.

Prepare the seasoning

Heat oil in a pan.
When it is hot, add mustard seeds.
At the time mustard seeds start spluttering, add sliced onion.
When onions are tender, add crushed red chili pieces and curry leaves.
Temper till the aroma emits and onion turns golden brown.

When the seasoning is ready, add this over the Tapioca curry which was simmering.
Mix the curry well. Adjust for salt.
A delicious tapioca curry is ready to serve with plain rice.

Sri Lankan Tapioca Curry
Sri Lankan Tapioca Curry

Other Manyokka Recipes

I have shared few different manioc recipes before.Please check the below recipes if you like cooking tapioca.

Manyokka Mallum – This is a great way to cook manioc with grated coconut paste

Boiled manyokka – This is Sri Lankan way on how to eat Tapioca as boiled

Manyokka currySri Lankan Curry RecipesTapioca curry
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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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16 comments

Anu-My Ginger Garlic Kitchen May 22, 2015 - 7:33 am

5 stars
This curry looks yummy!

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Amila Wickramarachchi May 22, 2015 - 9:21 am

Thanks and yes it is…

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Gauri May 22, 2015 - 2:32 pm

5 stars
Looks great Amila 🙂

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Amila Wickramarachchi May 22, 2015 - 10:52 pm

Thanks Gauri 🙂

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veena May 23, 2015 - 9:54 am

5 stars
curry looks thick and creamy

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Amila Wickramarachchi May 23, 2015 - 11:48 am

Thanks Veena

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Balvinder May 23, 2015 - 4:54 pm

5 stars
I didn’t know the the recipe Hambanthota kalu dodol, Niloofa shared and I saved was from is from you. So glad to meet you Amila.I have never tried tapioca curry but will love to do, I see this in the market all the time.

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Amila Wickramarachchi May 24, 2015 - 9:56 am

Thanks Balvinder and thanks for visiting here.Hope you will try tapioca curry too…

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yamuna May 24, 2015 - 12:22 pm

5 stars
This is a delicious recipe,thanks for sharing.reminded me to try it

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Amila Wickramarachchi May 25, 2015 - 12:12 am

Thanks for the comment.Please try it.sure,you’ll like the taste.

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Osmund Silva May 10, 2016 - 4:02 pm

5 stars
Tried many leading famous people like Mr. Pablis , Shantha etc. but couldn’t find a recipe to make a Tapioca curry. Finally found yours and going to try it. Thank you in advance for sharing this.

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Amila Wickramarachchi May 11, 2016 - 12:14 am

Hope you’ll try this,cant be failed because this is how we normal home cooks cook curries in Sri Lanka.
Only you have to adjust chili and salt as per taste.I usually use less chili. 🙂
Keep in touch with Food Corner,I frequently share Sri Lankan recipes.

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James February 27, 2017 - 4:46 am

5 stars
In most villege cooking in Sri Lanka maniok is boiled in open pot after cleaning and the water must be thrown to avoid poisoning. Thereafter cooking is done. Also it is said that ginger should not be added as it becomes poison. Ginger tea should be avoided as a safety measure. Our village cooking is time tested. Any views on this?

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Amila Wickramarachchi February 27, 2017 - 5:28 am

yes,even I practice these things to avoid food poisoning.I actually shared these tips in this post https://foodcnr.com/boiled-tapioca-with-chili-pepper-sambola-manyokka-samaga-kochchi-sambola/ and there is a mentioning at the beginning of this post.
Thanks for sharing your tips with us.

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Balachandran May 10, 2018 - 10:07 am

5 stars
A very good tastier chicken curry we cooked according to your recipe .
Thank much Ms Amila.

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Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi May 13, 2018 - 10:34 pm

Glad you like the recipe shared here in Food Corner.

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