Lampries

 

Ingredients needed :-

1.5 measures of rice

onions

cloves

25 pepper corns

15 cardomams ( powdered )

salt

rampe

curry leaves

coconut milk

ghee oil

Method :-

1. Put 1 tablespoon ghee to pan.

2. To that add crushed cardomoms & cloves,cinnamon .

3. Add onions & curry leaves, rampe, sera.

4. Now put the strained & washed rice to that temper.

(For 1 tin of rice put 2.5 tins of chicken stock)

5. Add a little salt to the rice

6. Now cover & cook & take off fire.

7. When the rice & other related lumpries curries are cooked have ready pieces of plaintain leaves , 14"*12" , & make it stiff by holding it to fire.

8. Put about 3 tbs of rice on each leaf, & pour thick coconut milk over the rice, arrange a little meat curry, & a few frickkadels (little cutlets).

9. Fold up the plaintain leaf making them into neat oblong parcels & fasten the two ends with a piece of string.

10 .Bake in the oven in moderately hot temperature for 30 mintues.

Pls note :- 1.5 measures of rice is sufficient for 24 lampries. Before using the plaintain leaves they must be washed & wiped & warmed over fire.

Related items for the Lumpries will be: Brinjals curry, Seeni Sambol, Frickkadels,a meat curry (chicken or mutton)