Easy Sri Lankan Seafood Koththu

This Sri Lankan classic is a famous must have around the country and has been experienced in many different ways with a variety of flavor combinations. Here’s the basic go to Koththu, for a quick, fast and spicy meal which will have your palate dancing in all the right places!






Ingredients:

Seafood Prep:
1 cup Prawns
1 cup Cuttlefish
1 cup any Fish White Fillet (Nile Perch/Hammour/Dory)
1/4 tsp Turmeric
1/2 tsp Chili Powder
salt
pepper
1/2 Lemon’s/Lime’s Juice

The rest:
1 cup Onions cut thin, lengthways
1 cup Leeks cut into rounds
1 cup Spring Onions (divided) (lengthways)
1 cup Carrots grated
1 cup Cabbage sliced thin
1 tsp Turmeric
1 tsp Unroasted Curry Powder
1 heaped tsp Chili Flakes
Salt
1/2 tsp Freshly ground Pepper
Vegetable Oil
8-10 cooked Parathas
Method:
First cut the cleaned, washed and dried seafood and prep for cooking. Prawns if large, cut in halves otherwise leave them whole, Cuttlefish in thick rings and Fish Fillets into thick chunks. Next gently put the seafood into a bowl and mix in with turmeric, chili, and pepper powders, salt and lemon or lime juice. Let this marinade for 1/2 an hour. Prep the vegetables meanwhile and slice the parathas into strips and lastly cut these strips sideways again to form smaller, thicker, pieces. Set aside.

Heat oil in the pan on high and add the seafood items in gently a few at a time. Add some salt. Toss until 3/4 cooked through. Next add onions, leeks, and 1/2 a cup spring onions. Toss for a minute. Then add the vegetables and toss. Now add the turmeric powder, curry powder and chili flakes. Then add the paratha pieces. Toss the mix through for 2 minutes. Lastly add freshly ground pepper and the rest of the spring onions.
Serve out.