Hello Foodies,

"Street food": Despite of age everyone loves street food for its unique taste. Today I'm going to present you a special street that originated in Sri Lanka which you will find no where else but only in Sri Lanka. Kottu is one of the well known Sri Lankan food that has conquered the hearts of everyone with its unique and divine taste. This magical dish is made by mashing Godamba Rottie with scrambled eggs, onions, green chilies and some spicy curries that contain authentic Sri Lankan spices which adds a great flavor and odor to the dish. The clank clank sound that arise while mashing the stuff together is the identity of this special Kottu dish and in Sri Lanka you can hear this rhythmic clank clank sound in the evening at road side restaurants.

Kottu price here in Sri Lanka; LKR 800 = 12.13 STEEM

Here is the recipe for you to try out at your own and enjoy this delicious food.

Ingredients

For the rotti

300g Flour
2tsp Oil
1/2tsp Salt
1 cup of Luke warm water

For the curry

200g of small chicken pieces
2 eggs
Small piece of ginger
3 cloves of garlic
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
1/4 tsp mustard
Small piece of cinnamon
1 cardamom
Pandan leaves
Curry leaves
1 Tomato
1 onion
1 carrot
A small cabbage
1 leeks
1/2 tsp pepper powder
1/2 tbsp chili powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
3 tbsp oil
2tsp soya sauce
1tbsp barbecue sauce
1 tbsp ketchup

Method

For the rotti

First add salt and oil to the flour and mix well.

Then gently add luke warm water and kneed the dough 2-3 mins

Then divide the dough into small balls.

Next apply some oil to a bowl and place the balls of dough in the dish and apply oil on the dough as well.

Then cover the bowl with a lid and keep it aside for 10 mins.

After 10 mins, apply some oil on the cleaned pantry top and keep the dough on the pantry top and make them flat.

Then keep the flatten balls for 2-3 mins and then gently spread the small balls of dough as a flat bread

Once you have done the dough, lit your stove and add some oil to the pan.

Keep the stove on low heat and get the flat breads roasted a little the both sides.

Then get the flat bread cut in to thin rectangular pieces

For the curry

First get the vegetables chopped into thin pieces.

Then keep the pan on the stove and add oil to the pan. Once the oil gets heated add the mashed ginger, garlic, cinnamon, clove, cardamom, mustard, cumin seeds to the pan.

Next add the chopped curry leaves, pandan leaves and onion. And stir them well and add the chopped tomato.
then add chili powder, turmeric and pepper and mix well. (The amount of chili powder and pepper can be changed according to your preference)

Then add chicken, soya sauce and barbecue sauce and get the chicken cooked for 5 mins

Afterwards add the chopped vegetables to the pan and salt. Then mix them well and get the vegetables half cooked.

Next add the two eggs and stir them well.

Finally add the flat bread pieces to the curry mixture and turn them well till the curry blends with the Kottu Rotti pieces.

Now it's the time to enjoy the delighting Kottu Rotti dish.

Hope you all enjoyed my article and don't forget to drop a reply once you make this incredibly taste Kottu. And I would like to invite @kusal to participate in this contest.