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Sesame & Cashew Nut Curry (Thala Kaju Maluwa)

Sesame & Cashew Nut Curry (Thala Kaju Maluwa)

Ingredients
  

  • 200 g cashew nuts soaked 2–4 hours
  • 3 tbs sesame seeds
  • 1 large onion finely sliced
  • 3 cloves garlic crushed
  • 25 mm piece ginger grated
  • 2 green chillies sliced
  • 1 sprig curry leaves
  • 1 pandan leaf (rampe), knotted
  • 1 tsp Sri Lankan roasted curry powder
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • ½ tsp chilli powder optional
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • ½ tsp fenugreek seeds
  • 1 small cinnamon stick
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup thin coconut milk
  • 1 cup thick coconut milk
  • 2 tbs coconut oil
  • ½ lime juice optional

How to make it
 

  1. Dry roast sesame seeds until golden, cool, and grind into a coarse paste.
  2. Sauté mustard seeds in hot coconut oil until spluttering; add fenugreek, cinnamon, curry leaves, and pandan leaf.
  3. Sauté onion, garlic, ginger, and green Chillies.
  4. Stir in turmeric, roasted curry powder, Chilli powder, black pepper, and salt.
  5. Toss in cashews to coat.
  6. Add thin coconut milk; simmer 10–15 minutes.
  7. Stir in sesame paste and thick coconut milk; simmer gently on low for 8–10 minutes until creamy. Finish with lime juice.

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