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Sri Lankan Kottu Roti ~ Love Cake

A delicious meal with all the island flavours of Sri Lanka...

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Kottu translates from Sinhalese as 'chopped', and this hugely popular Sri Lankan street food consists of chopped up roti (a type of flatbread), stir-fried with chicken, vegetables and egg. It’s typically cooked on a heated iron sheet using two blunt blades to mix and chop - a distinctive sound which can be heard everywhere in Sri Lanka! For dessert we’ve got a traditional dessert of Portuguese origin known as love cake flavoured with rose, cinnamon and cardamon. All the spices in this cake were regarded as powerful aphrodisiacs, including rose which is known as the ‘queen of love’!

Details

Prep: 40 mins

Cook: 1 hour

Serves: 4

Effort: Medium effort

Origin: Sri Lanka

Shopping list
  • 500g diced chicken (thighs are best) or use meat-free style chicken pieces or paneer for a veg version (following the same cooking instructions)
  • 1 medium red onion
  • Fresh ginger
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 large carrot
  • ¼ cabbage (any type)
  • ½ cucumber
  • ½ medium pineapple (or 200g ready-prepared)
  • 2 lemons
  • 6 eggs (any size)
  • 125g butter
  • 1 tbsp tomato puree
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce (any type)
  • 50g self-raising flour
  • 125g dried polenta or semolina
  • 150g soft light brown sugar
  • 30g desiccated coconut
  • 100g unsalted cashew nuts
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 4 chapatis, pitta breads or tortilla wraps
Spices included

Lunu Miris Spices: mild chilli flakes (chilli flakes, oil, salt), Kashmiri chilli, chilli, cumin
Cake Spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, coriander, green cardamon, rose
Rose Petals: rose
Cinnamon Quills: cinnamon
Salad Spices: brown MUSTARD, cumin, mild chilli flakes (chilli flakes, oil, salt), curry leaf
Tempering Spices: curry leaf, brown MUSTARD, cumin, chilli
Coconut Sambol Spices: green bell pepper, curry leaf
Sri Lankan Curry Powder: coriander, cumin, chilli, black pepper, basmati rice, fenugreek, turmeric, fennel, ginger, yellow MUSTARD, green cardamon, cloves, cinnamon, curry leaf

Allergens are listed in CAPITALS. May contain CELERY and SESAME.

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Spicery Customer

Made the Love Cake to go with Shashlik Kebab Night and it was so easy to prepare. We had it with ice cream and was the perfect ending to a great night.

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Spicery Customer

Exciting, fresh flavours with a mixture of heat, sweet and savoury. Who would have thought pineapple and cucumber would work so well together!

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Spicery Customer

Absolutely loved every dish in this box. Each part had its own distinctive flavour, and the Lunu Miris gave a kick for those who like it hot.

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Spicery Customer

Loved this Sri Lankan love cake. Enjoyed it on a sunny terrace together with friends with whom we visited this beautiful country. Wonderful memories.

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Spicery Customer

Very tasty and easy to make, lovely selection of side dishes to compliment the main dish

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Spicery Customer

Fabulous moist and delicious cake, simple to make

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Spicery Customer

We loved this combination of Sri Lankan curried street food and Love cake. The Kottu Roti was really tasty, and felt a feast with the various side dishes including coconut sambal, a pineapple and cucumber salad and a type of chilli sauce (lunu mitis). Th...

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Spicery Customer

Very quick to cook and surprising tastes. The love cake was a bit daunting but tasted great in the end

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Spicery Customer

Hi picture does not due justice to dish but in my defence second helping lol. This dish was amazing it had heat to it then cucumber cooled and the pineapple added a sweetness it was a taste revelation and the cake was incredible a sweet treat. The spi...

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Spicery Customer

The love cake was amazing! Delicately spiced, soft and moist. I've made it three times already :)

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Spicery Customer

Soooo much flavour! A colorful feast that is sweet and savory with a touch of heat. I love traveling through The Spicery :)

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Spicery Customer

I cooked this meal for my girlfriend's birthday and it was a total success! Really tasty! I couldn't find any paneer cheese in any of the grocery stores around me, so I decided to use halloumi instead, which also worked perfectly fine. The lunu...

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Spicery Customer

Absolutely delicious cake, delicate flavour with rose petal topping and amazing texture.

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Spicery Customer

Delicious! Loved the coconut and the chilli sides as well...

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Spicery Customer

Delicious recipe - reminded us of our time in Sri Lanka!

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