“Hathmaluwa” – Sri Lankan traditional curry

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Today, I bring you one of the interesting vegetarian food in Sri Lanka which name “Hathmaluwa”.

Sinhala-Tamil new year is famous festival among Sinhalese. “Hathmaluwa” prepare in that festival. “Hathmaluwa” is a very tasty curry as well as it has medicinal value. Ingredients which use to make “Hathmaluwa” differ from province to province. But that ingredients have some common features.

Ingredients which use to prepare “Hathmaluwa” are vegetables, grains. Yams, leafy vegetables, and cereals.

Most important thing is seven ingredients add to prepare “Hathmaluwa”. So, it has high nutritional value and medicinal value.

“Hathmaluwa” supply carbohydrates, protein, lipids, vitamins, minerals and water to our body. It has all six taste, sweet taste, sour taste, salty taste, spicy taste, bitter taste, and astringent taste.

Inherent ingredients for each province mostly use to prepare “Hathmaluwa”. I am from Sabaragamuwa province in Sri Lanka. In my province we use jack seeds, pumpkin leaves. Sweet potato, beans, nuts, brinjal and ash plantain for prepare that.

Other that main seven ingredients ginger, cinnamon, turmeric, nutmeg, coriander, clove, garlic and chilly put to increase the taste.

Health benefits from the “Hathmaluwa”

1. not include artificial sugar or oil so healthier to body.
2. facilitate to food digestion process.
3. control cholesterol level in the body.
4. garlic help to food digestion.
5. ginger help to remove the sugar and oil.
6. coriander help to function in the kidney.
7. solve the constipation conditions.

“Hathmaluwa” prepare by mixing all the above ingredients together.

Then add coconut milk. Then cooked around 20 minutes. We eat “Hathmaluwa” with rice. I would like to invite all of you to taste that curry. It definitely brings you delight experience as well as health benefits.

Thank you all for read my article.
Good luck.