Achcharu (Sri Lankan Pickle)

Ingredients

20-25 red Onions
15-20 green Chilies (each split into two halves)
2 large Carrots (cut into thin strips)
Raw Papaya or baby jackfruit cut into stripes (optional)
2 cups Vinegar
1 inch piece Ginger root (crushed)
6 cloves Garlic (crushed)
2 tbs black ground Mustard seed
1 tbs black ground Pepper
¼ tbs of Turmeric
Salt to taste



Method

Heat 1 cup vinegar in a clay pot. Add onions and simmer for few minutes.

Drain the onions and set aside in a large mixing bowl.

Add green chilies to hot vinegar and simmer for few minutes.

Drain the chilies and add to the onions.

Repeat same process with carrots & other ingredients and add to the onions and chillie.

Mix all the vegetables well.

To the heated vinegar in the pan, add the remaining 1 cup of vinegar and all other ingredients and boil for few minutes.

Pour the hot vinegar mix over the onions and vegetables and mix well.

Pack into a glass bottle and leave for a day or two to mature.

Koththu Roti

Koththu Roti is a most popular food in Sri lanka.And it has a unique style of making koththu roti in restaurants with beating to a music.

Here is my recipe.Hope you would love to make it at home.

Ingredients (for 3 person)

8-10 large Parata/Godamba roti (The recipe for Godamba Roti is shared under Vegetable Roti Recipe)

4 medium carrots grated

few  green beans cut into thin stripes
1/2 of a bell pepper cut into thin stripesCabbage,Leek cut into small pieces(You can use vegetables as per your taste & choice)

2 onions sliced
chopped garlic and ginger
2 green chillies chopped
2 spring curry leaf and rampe
2 eggs
3 tomatos cut into small cubes
Cooked Chicken pieces cut into small pieces (from the cooked chicken curry)
Chicken curry about 1 cup  (Chicken ,fish or any other meat as per your taste & choice)

Method
Cut the parata into thin stripes and then cut into 2 inch size pieces and set aside.

Cut vegetables,chicken.Beat the eggs & keep aside.

Get a large pan and add 2 tbsn cooking oil and add the sliced onions and stir until golden brown.

Then add chopped ginger, garlic, green chillie, curry leaves and rampe and stir well.

Then add vegetables & fry well.

Now add eggs and scramble it well. Let it cook for a while.

After that add chicken pieces & stir well.

Then add tomato and stir well frying the mix until tomato get soften.

After few minutes add the striped parata/Godamba Roti and mix well. Finally add the meat curry and then mix well until it sticks together.Check for salt & pepper.

Koththu roti is ready to serve.

Pl follow the link below for the recipe of Godamba roti / Paratha
http://foodssrilanka.blogspot.com/2011/03/vegitable-roti.html