Duck Padre Curry Recipe

Duck Padre Curry Recipe

(Thara Padre Curry - Sri Lankan Recipes)

Ingredients: Serves 6

2 ducks cut into joints

2 large onions, chopped

6 cloves garlic, chopped

1½ tablespoons finely chopped ginger

2 tablespoons Ceylon curry powder

1 stick cinnamon

8 pieces dried screwpine leaves or rampe leaf

1 stalk lemon grass or 2 strips lemon rind

3 cups coconut milk

2 teaspoons salt

¼ cup vinegar

¼ cup arrack or whisky

1 tablespoon brown sugar

2 tablespoons ghee or oil

 

Method:

Cut ducks into joints and put into a large heavy saucepan with all the ingredients except arrack, sugar and ghee.  Bring to the boil, then cover and simmer until duck is tender.  Heat ghee in another pan and fry the pieces of duck, then pour in the gravy, add arrack and sugar and simmer a further 10 minutes.  Serve with plain boiled rice or ghee rice, fried onion sambol, cucumber sambol.  For another version of this dish, garnish the top of the curry with slices of potato, fried until brown.

 

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