A Sri Lankan garlic curry that is easy to cook.

The simple flavours of this garlic recipe use turmeric and coconut milk as the main ingredients to give you the best taste.

It’s so good that even your kids will love it, I know mine do.

Garlic curry cooked in coconut milk

If you love them, then try making this easy Sri Lankan garlic curry.

You won’t get the usual strong pungency from the garlic as it has a coconut base.

The garlic curry will balance off any spicy food you’ll be having with it and even if you are not, you can’t deny its medicinal properties or health benefits.

So eat away!

What to serve with this garlic curry

• Serve with plain white rice
  • Sri Lankan yellow rice,
  • lemon rice,
  • ghee rice, or frozen mixed vegetable rice pilaf.
• vegetarian curries to be served with garlic curry.
  • Sri Lankan beetroot curry.
  • coconut and beetroot mallung(stir-fry).
  • Brinjal pahi.
  • Easy eggplant stir fry
  • Soya meat curry.
• Other side dishes to pair with garlic curry.
  • Parsley salad(sambol)with coconut.
  • gotu kola(pennywort salad)sambol.
  • Jackfruit-coconut sambol(kos mallum).
  • Bitter gourd fry(Sri Lankan karawila sambol)
  • Sri Lankan carrot-grated coconut stir-fry(mallum).
    

Reader reviews about the garlic curry

• “Husband made Sri Lankan Garlic curry for dinner tonight. Everyone devoured it, kids included.
  So good, kids included. about 100 whole cloves of garlic went into the pot”.

• “Thanks for posting this recipe!
  We have an abundance of garlic on our window sill and I’m excited to use it for a curry.
  I would never have tried the recipe without trying it first hand in Sri Lanka… and loving it!!”.

• “First time making garlic curry and is absolutely delish. Thank you!!!”

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Utensils / appliances needed

• Chopping board and knife to peel the garlic cloves.
• A silicone garlic peeler(an easier way to peel the garlic cloves).
• Medium-sized frying pan.

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RECIPE DIFFICULTY-EASY

The ingredients mentioned below use standard measuring cups and spoons.

Ingredients for the garlic curry.

4-5 tablespoons of cooking oil

A handful of curry leaves(substitute with a bay leaf)

1 large onion finely sliced

1 medium-sized tomato sliced 

2 green chillies chopped

1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder

1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder

1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds

Salt to season(start with 1/2 a teaspoon)

1 cup coconut milk

1/4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds

200g of garlic cloves(this is about 4 heads of garlic, each will have 10-12 garlic cloves, so reduce or increase as you need)

How to make garlic curry

Clean and set aside the garlic cloves and have all the ingredients ready.

Set a small pan over medium heat and pour in oil(4-5 tbsp).

Let the oil heat for a few seconds, add curry leaves(handful, substitute with a bay leaf), onions(1 large sliced fine), tomatoes(1 medium), and green chillies (2 green chillies).

Cook the following ingredients until the onions turn slightly brown. 2-3 minutes.

Add turmeric powder(1/2 tsp), red chilli powder(1/2 tsp).

Cook over low-medium heat for 1 minute.

If you love a little crunch in your garlic, you can add the garlic cloves at this point or add the garlic cloves as instructed below.

Add mustard seed, and salt(1/2 tsp). cook for 2 minutes or until they pop.

Pour in the coconut milk(1 cup), leave it to simmer over low heat for 2 minutes, and then add fenugreek.

Cook for a further 2-3 minutes over low-medium heat.

You will see the colour change of the coconut curry gravy for the garlic clove curry.

Taste and season with salt.

Add the garlic cloves(200g of garlic cloves, this is about 4 heads of garlic, each will have 10-12 garlic cloves, so reduce or increase as you need).

Reduce heat, cover, and let the garlic curry cook for 10 to 15 minutes or until the garlic pods turn soft.

If you notice the coconut gravy reducing and want more gravy, pour in the 1/4 cup of water or an extra 1/4 cup of coconut milk.

This part will all depend on how much gravy you want or not.

And continue to cook.

Serve warm as a side dish.

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