Kadju (curried cashewnuts)

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
225 grams Cashewnuts
25 50 g onion
1 Fresh chilli
1¼ teaspoon Curry powder
½ teaspoon Turmeric
250 millilitres Coconut milk
¼ teaspoon Chilli powder
1 teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Fenugreek sprig curry leaves
25 millilitres Oil

Directions

Wash the cashewnuts, then soak them in a bowl of water for a couple of hours. Chop the onion and chilli. Remove the cashewnuts from the water, drain and place in a saucepan together with the chilli, 1 tsp of curry powder, the turmeric, coconut milk, chilli powder, salt, fenugreek and curry leaves. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Heat the oil in a frying pan and toss in the onion for a couple of minutes. Add the cashewnut mixture and cook for a further 3 ~4 minutes then sprinkle with remaining curry powder. From "A taste of Sri Lanka" by Indra Jayasekera, ISBN #962 224 010 0

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