Sri Lankan Buriyani Rice : Sri Lanka Recipes : Malini's Kitchen

Ingredients

• 2 Cups rice preferably Basmathi
• 1 big tomato
• A few green chillies...about 4
• 2 thin slices of root ginger
• 3 or 4 pips of garlic
• 2 big onions or a few red onions
• 1 tablesp of olive or vegetable oil
• 1 piece of lemon grass (sera)
• 1 inch piece of rampe and curry leaves
• 1 tblesp of white vinegar
• 1 teasp cumin powder
• 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder
• A few crushed cloves and cardamoms
• 5 small potatoes
• 1 bunch of fresh cilantro (corriander leaves)
• 1 inch piece of cinnamon
• 1/4 teasp of black pepper powder
• salt to taste
• Chicken or beef or mutton or shrimp
• 2 tablesp of yoghurt to marinate if its meat