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Rice and curry

Sri Lankan: five or six little curries round a mound of rice, all at once.

That was somebody else’s answer. Yours takes about twenty seconds: a handful of either-ors, then one dish.

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How to make rice and curry

2 genuinely different takes — a classic, and a faster or lighter route. The same ones the app hands you once you have decided.

Five small ones

75 minutes · serves 4 · Medium

What you need

  • 300g rice
  • 1 tin coconut milk
  • 200g red lentils
  • 1 aubergine
  • 200g green beans
  • 2 onions
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • Curry leaves
  • 2 tbsp Sri Lankan curry powder
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • Pandan leaf

What you do

  1. 1Dhal first: lentils, turmeric, half the coconut milk, an onion and curry leaves, simmered 25 minutes.
  2. 2Aubergine moju: fry slices until deep brown, then toss with vinegar, sugar and chilli.
  3. 3Green bean curry: beans, coconut milk, curry powder, 10 minutes.
  4. 4Rice with a pandan leaf in it.
  5. 5Everything in small bowls round the rice. The point is having four or five things at once, not one big one.

Two curries and rice

40 minutes · serves 2 · Easy

What you need

  • 200g rice
  • 150g red lentils
  • 1 tin coconut milk
  • Curry powder
  • Onion, garlic, curry leaves
  • 200g green beans

What you do

  1. 1Dhal as above.
  2. 2Bean curry as above.
  3. 3Rice. Three bowls, one plate.