Cooking with Sri Lankan Curry Powders

Sri Lankan cooking uses different curry powders for different dishes. Here is a simple way to think about them.

Which one to use

• Curry powder: an everyday blend for vegetable and dhal curries.
• Roasted curry powder: the spices are roasted first, which gives a deeper, darker flavour.
• Fish curry powder: a blend made for fish curries.
• Meat curry powder: a blend made for chicken and meat curries.

A small tip

Add the powder early so it cooks into the gravy, and adjust the amount to your taste.