Well guys, I must say that this one was definitely an exciting experience for me. This was my first-time cooking and eating Sri Lankan Cuisine. It’s not so easy to get your hands-on Sri Lankan cuisine these days, unless you travel to Sri Lanka. However, it doesn’t end there! For the first time, I am posting a video, or a vlog for my recipes. Besides, I think this is the perfect time to see how it goes, and please do mind the small editing mistakes or little imperfections. Nevertheless, I consider myself really lucky actually, to have tried this Isso Baduma, and I can’t wait to tell you all about it in this blog and in my video! Hope you enjoy this one.
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Brancott Estate
First, before I get to the cooking of the Isso Baduma, I think it’s worth mentioning the amazing wine that goes so nicely with it! This wine is a lovely Brancott Estate Savignon Blanc 2016. Doesn’t this lovely and chilled glass of wine look perfect? Just what I need for the summer with the Isso Baduma.
The Brancott Estate is in the lovely New Zealand. In fact, the wines from Brancott Estate wines are said to be the best white wines in all of New Zealand. Their freshness and bouquet are winning almost every competition out there!
Brancott Estate’s story starts way back in the 1980’s. Their first ever to plant Malborough Savignon Blanc and won Gold at the 1980 New Zealand Easter show. Later, in 1982, it came to the UK! Would you believe me if I told you, that even Queen Elizabeth II went to visit the Brancott Estate? With growing international recognition came a lot of success. Today, the Malborough Savignon Blanc continues to stun people with its awards and amazing wines! Also, the Brancott Estate is known as one of the best wine regions in the world! You can find out more about Brancott Estate here.
#BrancottFirsts
As Brancott Estate was the first winery in New Zealand to produce today’s most successful wine, they initiated a campaign called #BrancottFirsts. New experiences that involve emotion, from nerves and excitement before to adrenaline-fuelled joy. At last, you feel a sense of accomplishment. If you are trying something for the first time and have butterflies in your stomach, please do share with #BrancottFirsts and tell them all about your exiting adventure or task! I know I will! Cooking and eating Sri Lankan cuisine is definitely an exciting first in my life that needs to be shared! So, what are you doing now or in the near future for the first time?
Isso Baduma
Isso Baduma is a Sri Lankan prawn stir fry recipe, in a nutshell. It is also referred to as ‘devilled prawns or devilled shrimp’ due to the spice levels. However, this could also be a completely different dish, as there are many versions of the Isso Baduma. The beauty of this recipe is, that you can add any vegetable you like to the stir fry. Also, it is a quick and simple dish to make. It sounds much more complicated that it is! So, I hope you give it a go!
Sri Lankan Cuisine
Sri Lankan cuisine is very similar to Indonesian cuisine and also contains influences from Southern tips of India. However, the main influence in Sri Lankan cuisine is due to its history with trading spices. Sri Lanka, as a very popular spice producer with a significant trade port for many hundreds of years, you can imagine that spices its feature heavily in the country’s food. Steamed rice and coconut are also two of the main ingredients that are at the heart of Sri Lanka cuisine.
Sample Sri Lankan dishes
Using the ingredients above, the most popular dishes are curries served with boiled or steamed rice. The curry is usually made from various types of meat (fish, beef, chicken, mutton) or vegetables (lentils). Sometimes, you’ll even find curries made out of fruit. This could be very interesting! Also, as a typical side, you can expect chutneys, pickle vegetables, pickled fruits, and coconut sambol. This is a very specific paste from ground coconut. They mix fresh chili peppers into the coconut sambol to make it spicier. I’m not sure if I could handle so much heat! Also, it is very common to serve Sri Lankan dishes with a side of dried Maldive fish. So many flavours and combinations! I think it’s absolutely fascinating and I am very keen to try more of Sri Lankan cuisine. You’ll find many of these on the streets of Sri Lanka.
Prawns
Prawns are the hero of this dish! As you can see, I’ve cleaned them properly and removed the heads. I like to leave the tails on, as it just looks more beautiful and delicious on the plate. If you’ve bought a whole lot of prawns and don’t know what to do with them, no worries. You can freeze them and use them for later. When you feel like you are ready to have prawns again, you can try making:
Vegetables
I really enjoy using bell-peppers. Especially, for the Isso Baduma recipe. The bell peppers have a certain sweetness, that goes perfectly with the fried prawns and red onions. For more colour, you can also add yellow bell peppers. Honestly, I think it would be great! Like I said, you can feel creative and manipulate this Isso Baduma totally to your liking. If you feel like adding baby sweetcorn, or any other vegetable for that matter, don’t you hesitate for a single second!
I hope you enjoyed this Isso Baduma, and I look forward to trying more Sri Lankan cuisine!
Isso Baduma
Author: Michelle Minnaar
Ingredients
- 10ml (2 tsp) vegetable oil
- 1 red onion, cut into quarters
- 1 green pepper, cut into squares
- 1 red pepper, cut into squares
- 400g (14oz) raw prawns, peeled and cleaned
- 30ml (2 tbsp) tomato sauce/ketchup
- 15ml (1 tbsp) soy sauce
- 5ml (1 tsp) dried red chilli flakes
- 10ml (2 tsp) sesame oil
Instructions
- Put the oil in a large frying pan or wok over a very high heat and immediately add the onion.
- Stir-fry for 30 seconds then add the peppers and stir-fry for 1 minute.
- Tip in the prawns and stir-fry for just over a minute, then add the rest of the ingredients and stir-fry for another minute.
- Serve immediately with naan or basmati rice.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 serving
Amount Per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|
Calories 204 | ||
% Daily Value | ||
Total Fat 6.6 g | 10% | |
Saturated Fat 1.4 g | 7% | |
Cholesterol 211 mg | 70% | |
Sodium 799 mg | 33% | |
Total Carbohydrates 11.4 g | 4% | |
Dietary Fiber 2.5 g | 10% | |
Sugars 6.1 g | ||
Protein 24.9 g | 50% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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I’ve never had any!
We haven’t tried much to be fair but we love Peri Peri Chicken 🙂
I have never tried it before, but I certainly will try
Kakul mas curry
This is new to me but would love to try it
I have never tried it but am curious now.
Kotti Roti yummy ?
Isso Baduma
Cheese kottu
I love dhals but all Sri Lankan food really
Dahl curry
Dahl curry is my fav. Yum! X
no tried but the Isso baduma is something I am going to cook !!
I have subscribed via email. 🙂
Kottu roti is the only dish I’ve tried at the moment because it’s quite easy. Dying to try some different recipes though.
I love Dahl curry
I have never tried it – but would love to give it a go – your pics look amazing!!
Unfortunately i have never tried Sri Lankan food, but Dhal curry sounds great 🙂
I’ve never tried it but would love to, the prawns look lush!
I haven’t actually tried any Sri Lankan food that I know of, but would give anything a go.
I love a dhal curry, my neighbours are Sri Lankan and always cook me some!
never tried any, but would love to
never tried any
sri lankan curry 🙂
would love to try the Isso Baduma, never tried Sri Lankan food before but I love spicy food and seafood so am sure I would love this
Kukul mas curry
I’m looking forward to trying this.
Kukul Mass Curry is amazing. Fabulous giveaway. Thank you
I have never tried it but it sounds lovely xx
I’m lucky that I’m vegetarian and there’s so much vegetarian Sri Lankan food. I love a good veggie curry.
I haven’t actually tried any Sri Lankan food yet
I have never tried it before. love the look of your prawns
Fish curry for sure! So yummy!
I have never tried Sri Lankan food but it sounds good!
I’ve never tried any but I would love to!
I have never tried Sri Lankan food. I’m not an adventurous cook and my provincial town doesn’t have a Sri Lankan restaurant but your isso baduma looks delicious!
Never eaten it
For me it has to be beetroot curry i love it tastes amazing!
I love Dhal curry, although have never been to Sri Lanka but was in Malaysia a few weeks ago where the food was also divine!
Dahl Curry
Kottu roti , amazing!
Dhal curry. Filling comforting amd vegan too! Yum
Anything with prawns in it is my favourite, i’m not very fussy!
Vegetarian Kottu
I’ve never tried Sri-Lankan food but it sounds intriguing!
Kottu roti.
Dahl Curry!
I don’t recall ever trying any
I don’t think I have ever had sri lanken food? So I don’t know what my favourite is!
I’ve never tried it so I don’t have a favourite, but it sounds good!
Don’t think I have ever tried, will have to look into it for us veggies?
I have to be honest and say Ive never tried it before
I have tasted Lamprais which i s a sort of savoury rice dish and it was delicious!
I’ve never tried but I’d love to try Dahl curry and experiment
I\ve never actually tried any 🙁
Never cooked sri lanken nedore bit certainly looking forward to trying it now
Really enjoyed beef coconut curry when I was there
I don’t think I’ve ever tried it before, but it looks very tasty.
I haven’t tried any Sri Lankan food but would love to give it a go as I enjoy tasting new dishes
havent actually tried any sri lankan foods yet
Dhal curry so delicious
I’ve tried.dhal curry it was gorgeous I love spicy foods they are my favourite
I love fish curry – I’ve never had a Sri Lankan one but I’ve looked at some recipes and reckon that would be my favourite.
I’ve not tried much Sri Lankan food but I love string hoppers
I’ve only ever tried a Dhal but it was so tasty
I love Sri Lankan aubergine curry! So filling.
Dahl Curry Yum!
I’ve not tried Sri Lankan food but I’d love to try a Sri Lankan curry
ive never tried any as far as im aware, but would love to!!!
I don’t think ‘ve had Sri Lankan before, but I love spicy food so I think I’ll have to try it now. Thanks
I have never tried Sri Lankan food, but I’d like to try shrimp dishes.
i have never tried any before
I love Dhal curry
I cannot say i have ever tired Sri Lankan food but would love to give it a try i like the sound of it and always open to new flavours!
i have never tried it before although would love to! i love trying new and different food
I’ve not tried any.
Many thanks, mine is Gotukola Sambol
i’ve never actually tried it before but it looks very nice
I find it is a mixture of so many different tastes- I have tried only a few dishes though – I used to child mind for two little lads whose parents came from Sri Lanka and their mum brought me a few dishes to try – one I remember clearly was Parippu which is a dhal curry which was really tasty
Have never tried Sri Lankan food but it does look delicious
I’ve never tried it.
i have never tried any Sri Lankan food but i might have to steel your recipe for Isso Baduma it looks delicious.x great prize.x great blog.x
I’m another one who doesn’t think I’ve ever tried any before.
I don’t think I’ve ever tried any.
To be honest, I’ve never tried it before..but I’d happily try Sri Lankan dishes if they didn’t have any meat/fish or dairy in them . We’re a vegan family 😉
Puttu served with Kerala kadala curry
Not tried any before but really want to
I don’t believe I’ve ever had the pleasure of trying it before but it looks delicious!
Sri Lanka isn’t somewhere I’ve got round to when cooking or eating out yet. I love exploring different cuisines but live in a house of suspicious/fussy eaters so sometimes I just go for it – indonesia, jamaica, morocco, gambia – and if you don’t like it then there’s always beans on toast, you don’t have to eat it. And funnily enough, every plate has been cleaned!
Kottu Roti is my favourite!
I like their curries
I think has to be a fish curry
We love Kottu roti
Devilled lamb!
I like a fish curry, but would like to try other dishes.
a mutton curry with rice (had on several occasions – delicious)
I actually never tried anything from Sri Lanka before. Love the great meals and flavours.
Never tried it
lOOKS GORGEOUS
I have never tried it I’m afraid, but now on my list
This looks delicious! Prawns are the best in summer xx
I don’t think I have ever eaten Sri Lankan food but really fancy a fish curry.
never tried Sri Lankan food, about time I did
I haven’t tried it but I would like to!
Isso Baduma
Wattalappam, I miss it so much!
to be honest never tried it yet
When we were on honeymoon we had Sri Lankan curry (not sure of the name!) for breakfast. It was delicious!
I absolutely love Cheese kottu oh my it is gorgeous, filling and super tasty!
I don’t think I’ve tried Sri Lankan food, but I have had Pan-fried Garlic Butter Prawns and they were fabulous!
It’s not a cuisine I’m familiar with yet. From what little I know though, it looks like it involves a huge number of flavours I love, so I must look into it further!
I grew up in Sri Lanka, so i love all sorts of street food, curries and traditional sri lankan food! my fav has to be Dhal Wadai. I love devilled king prawns with cashew curry and rice too 🙂
Kukul mas curry
Not tried before but would love to try
I love Hoppers with lunu miris.
I actually have never tried Sri Lankan food but that prawn dish looks delicious
have not tried any so far
I recently tried a Sri Lankan cashew nut curry, it was truly delicious!
I don’t think I’ve had any before, but I do love steamed rice and coconut, and I I love spicy food with fruit, so I maybe I would really like it.
This looks delicious. I have always wanted to try Sri Lankan cuisine. They colours are amazing.
Great wine pairing too!
I was introduced to Sri Lankan food by my daughter’s housemate at uni. She has cooked for us a few times and her mum has sent me her homemade spice mixes. I absolutely love Sri Lankan food, especially fish curries. This looks like a simpler way to enjoy the cuisine. Have pinned and shared. 🙂 PS I LOVE Brancott Estates SB. It’s fab!
I don’t think I’ve really tried cooking Sri Lankan dishes before but I definitely want to try the Isso Baduma. It looks delicious
Dahl curry is my favourite
i have never tried it sorry
I love Dahl Curry so I guess that is but I am not over familiar with Sri-Lankan cooking and would love inspiration
Green jackfruit curry is amazing
I’ve only ever tried a Kottu roti.
To be honest, I have never tried it before!