Recipe Kits
Pol Sambol Kit
The scraper, the mix and the Maldive fish, for the one dish every Sri Lankan meal has.
- The scraper, which is the actual barrier to making it
- Real Maldive fish, not a flavoured powder
- Mix enough for roughly ten sambols
- Five minutes from coconut to table
- A small kit that gets used constantly
Available to pre-orderSKU: CC-KIT-POL
Size: Kit
- Carefully packed and shipped to your door
- 14-day replacement on damaged items
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Description
A small kit built around one dish. A handheld coconut scraper, the pol sambol dry mix, and a pouch of Maldive fish flakes, so the only thing missing is a coconut and a lime. Pol sambol takes five minutes once you have the scraper, and that tool is the reason most people never make it twice.
Pol sambol is the dish that goes with everything on the island. Rice, string hoppers, bread, a plain omelette. It is on the table more often than any curry.
And the barrier to making it is not the recipe, it is the coconut. Getting flesh out of a half shell with a knife is a miserable job that takes twenty minutes and produces chunks rather than the fine shreds a sambol needs.
A scraper turns that into two minutes of pleasant work. That is why the tool is in the box rather than only the spices, and it is the difference between making pol sambol once and making it weekly.
What Is Included
- A handheld coconut scraper
- Pol sambol dry mix, 100g
- Maldive fish flakes, 100g
- A card with the pol sambol method and two variations
How to Use
- Scrape half a coconut, add mix and lime, work it with your hands
- Make the white version without chilli for children
- Spread on bread with butter, which is a Sri Lankan breakfast
- Serve alongside dhal and rice for a two-dish dinner
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Frequently Asked
For pol sambol, honestly yes. A knife gives you chunks and takes twenty minutes of unpleasant work. A scraper gives you fine shreds in two minutes, and fine shreds are what let the chilli and lime coat everything evenly.
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