Dairy-Free Lamprais (Dutch Burgher Rice Packet)
A Sri Lankan rice packet consisting of rice cooked in stock, along with a mixed meat curry, seeni sambal, brinjal moju, and frikkadels, all wrapped in banana leaves and baked. This version is dairy-free and nut-free.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Short-grain rice
- 4 cups Chicken stock (dairy-free)
- about 225 g Beef
- about 225 g Chicken
- about 225 g Pork
- 2 large Onion
- 6 cloves Garlic
- 5.08 cm Ginger
- 3 tbsp Curry powder
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- 2 Cinnamon stick
- 15 Curry leaves
- 1 cup Seeni Sambal (Onion Relish)
- 1 cup Brinjal Moju (Pickled Eggplant)
- 12 Frikkadels (Meatballs)
- 4 Banana leaves
- 4 tbsp Coconut oil
Original measure retained: its cup/spoon or fluid-volume standard is unspecified.
Instructions
- 1Cook the rice in chicken stock. Set aside.
- 2Prepare the mixed meat curry: Sauté onions, garlic, and ginger in coconut oil. Add beef, chicken, and pork. Add curry powder, turmeric powder, cinnamon stick, and curry leaves. Cook until meat is tender.
- 3Prepare Seeni Sambal and Brinjal Moju separately (ensure dairy-free and nut-free).
- 4Prepare Frikkadels (ensure dairy-free and nut-free).
- 5To assemble the lamprais: Lay a banana leaf on a flat surface. Place a portion of rice in the center. Top with a portion of the mixed meat curry, Seeni Sambal, Brinjal Moju, and 3 Frikkadels.
- 6Wrap the banana leaf tightly around the contents, forming a packet. Secure with kitchen twine if needed.
- 7Preheat oven to 175°C.
- 8Bake the lamprais packets for 60 minutes.
- 9Serve hot, unwrapping the banana leaf just before eating.
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