Name: Traditional Sri Lankan Sothi (Coconut Milk Dish)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 2 chilli peppers (green); 1 coconut milk; 1 curry leaves stalk(s); 1 garlic clove(s); 1 ginger; 3 tsp lemon(s); 2 tbsp oil; 1 shallot(s); 1 salt; 2 tomato(es); 0.25 tsp turmeric powder; garlic clove(s); ginger; shallot(s); chilli peppers (green)

Traditional Sri Lankan vegetarian Sothi (Coconut Milk Dish) cooked in coconut milk, tomatoes and other basic ingredients. Mostly eaten along with string hoppers (idiyappam) or rice.

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Thanaletchimy Arumugam

Total Time

Preparation 15 mins
Cooking 15 mins

Dish Type

Side

Cuisines

Indian, Malaysian

Nutrition per Serving

Calories

185 kcal

Carbs

10 g

Fat

16 g

Protein

2 g

Date: 20 Nov 2019 (Wed)
13th Side: Traditional Sri Lankan Sothi [109] [115.3%] [Score: 10.0]

Robin

Sodhi/ coconut milk……… is the famous dish in Sri Lanka. It's a coconut milk based dish and is served with string hoppers (idiyaapam) for our guest during Deepavali. This dish will be served in many of the Malaysian Sri Lankan homes and people still follow this tradition.

My mum makes sothi at least two to three times a week and we all love it. It taste best with steamed rice or string hoppers (idiyaapam). This dish is a vegetarian dish which is cooked with coconut milk, and its best to add some pounded ginger, fenugreek and cumin seeds. The spiciness from the ginger really goes well with this mild dish and also it helps with digestion. Try this dish and serve with string hoppers the results will be amazing for sure.

Ingredients

Servings:

2: chilli peppers (green)
1: coconut milk
1: curry leaves stalk(s)
1: garlic clove(s)
1: ginger
3 tsp: lemon(s)
2 tbsp: oil
1: shallot(s)
1: salt
2: tomato(es)
1⁄4 tsp: turmeric powder
—: garlic clove(s)
—: ginger
—: shallot(s)
—: chilli peppers (green)

Steps to Prepare

Traditional Sri Lankan Sothi (Coconut Milk Dish) Step 1

Step 1 of 4

- 2 chilli peppers (green)
- 1 coconut milk
- 1 curry leaves stalk(s)
- 1 garlic clove(s)
- 1 ginger
- 3 tsp lemon(s)
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 shallot(s)
- 1 salt
- 2 tomato(es)
- 1⁄4 tsp turmeric powder

2 red or green chilli(fresh), 1 cup Coconut milk, Handful Curry leaves, 2 pips Garlic, Thumbsize Ginger, 3 tsp Lemon juice according to taste, 2 tbsp Oil, 1 Onion sliced to taste, Salt, 2 Tomato, 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder

Step 2 of 4

- garlic clove(s)
- ginger
- shallot(s)
- chilli peppers (green)

Crush the garlic and ginger keep aside. Slice the onion thinly. Cut the green chilly lengthwise.

Traditional Sri Lankan Sothi (Coconut Milk Dish) Step 3

Step 3 of 4

Put the oil in a cooking pan and sauté the onion and green chilies for five minutes. Then add the crushed, garlic and ginger. Fry for 3 minutes until the smell of chili comes out. Then add the tomatoes then the coconut milk, turmeric powder and let it boil.

Traditional Sri Lankan Sothi (Coconut Milk Dish) Step 4

Step 4 of 4

Cook well Cook for 5 minutes. Add the lemon juice and curry leaves.

Published: October 13, 2019

4 Discussions

2 years ago

Shanti

I have been looking for a Malaysian recipe for Sothi and this was perfect. I have given you 5 stars as the Sothi was so delicious. You can improve the recipe by being more precise with the measurements for the ingredients. I have to use canned coconut milk so "Coconut milk from 1 coconut" is ??? But by trial and error, I got the taste and amount of coconut milk right. Thank you Thanaletchumy for the recipe.

4 years ago

Thanaletchimy Arumugam

More recipes coming ....