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Green Apple Curry
Green Apple Curry is a modern Sri Lankan recipe for a vegetarian curry of green apples in a coconut milk base with chillies and mustard seeds. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Sri Lankan version of: Green Apple Curry.
prep time
20 minutes
cook time
24 minutes
Total Time:
45 minutes
Additional Time:
(+over-night maturing)
Serves:
4
Rating: 
Tags : CurryChilli RecipesVegetarian RecipesSpice RecipesSri-lanka Recipes
This is a modern recipe from Sri Lanka for a vegetarian curry of cubed apples. Note that
rampe is the aromatic leaf of the screwpine
Pandanus amaryllifolius. If you can't get fresh or frozen rampe, you can buy screwpine extract as a flavouring.
Ingredients:
2 large green apples, cubed into bite-sized pieces
1/2 large onion, chopped
1/2 green chilli, sliced thinly
2 garlic cloves, finely sliced
1 rampe leaf
a few curry leaves
1 1/2 tbsp curry powder
pinch of red chilli powder
knob of butter
4 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tsp raw sugar
1 dried red chilli, chopped
1/4 tsp black mustard seeds
60ml (1/4 cup) coconut milk
Method:
Place a medium-sized saucepan over medium-high heat. Once hot add the oil and drop in the butter. Use this to fry the onions, green chilli, garlic, rampe leaf, curry leaves and mustard seeds. Stir fry for about 5 minutes, until the onion pieces are soft and translucent. Now add in the apple cubes, curry powder and chilli powder and stir to coat in the curry butter.
Scatter over the sugar and stir to combine in the butter. Continue cooking to lightly caramelize the apple cubes. Once the apple pieces have begun to brown continue cooking until the sauce has dried slightly. Now add 125ml (1/2 cup) water and bring to a boil over medium heat.
Finally add the coconut milk and stir well to combine. Continue cooking the curry until the gravy thickens. It should not be too liquid. At this point take off the heat and allow to cool before serving. Serve accompanied by rotis or naan breads.
This is an excellent recipe to acquaint children with curry flavours.
