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Colombo is a traditional curry dish from the Antilles. While it is easy to make,
you still have to make sure you make the marinade correctly, add the chili
and choose the right spices! The colombo base is a blend of spices (coriander,
turmeric, cumin, mustard, clove, fenugreek and pepper), available in a powder
or paste, which you add to the meat and
vegetables and then cook together.
Chicken colombo is my favourite, but it
can also be made with lamb, goat or
pork. The name of the dish comes
from the city of Colombo, the
economic capital of Sri Lanka and
that country’s most populous city.
Similar curries include massalé
from the island of Réunion and
massala from Mauritius.
