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Lamprais

Name: Lamprais
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Sri Lanka
Ingredients: 2 cups Rice; 300g Bone-In Chicken; 2 tbsp Curry Powder; 1 Eggplant; 1 Onion; 200ml Coconut milk; To taste Banana Leaves; To taste Salt

Rice

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐⭐

Spiced rice and meat curries wrapped in banana leaf and baked — a dish shaped by Sri Lanka's Dutch Burgher heritage.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Lamprais was introduced by the Burghers, descendants of Dutch settlers in Sri Lanka; the name comes from Dutch for 'a packet of food.' Rice cooked in stock, several meat curries, fried meatballs, sweet-spicy eggplant, and more are wrapped together in banana leaf and baked so the aromas meld — a lavish dish.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In an old-town eatery in Colombo, opening the banana-leaf parcel releases steam and a complex aroma.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Rice 2 cups
Bone-In Chicken 300g
Curry Powder 2 tbsp
Eggplant 1
Onion 1
Coconut milk 200ml
Banana Leaves To taste
Salt To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Simmer the chicken with onion, curry powder, and coconut milk to make a curry.
Fry the eggplant and season it sweet and spicy.
Cook the rice using some of the curry liquid.
Arrange the rice, curry, and eggplant on banana leaf and wrap.
Steam or bake for 20–30 minutes.

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