It takes real skill to take cooking to a fine art of performance – where choreographed movements meet music to create the prefect street food of Sri Lanka.
Kottu Rotti.
It is a carb fest in disguise. Question neither the nutrition content nor the hygiene standards – as all there is left to do is indulge in this true Sri Lankan concoction.
So imagine this.Some street in Colombo, where a slightly sweaty man clad in a sarong and a singlet patiently toils behind the counter. Heaping eggs, meat and vegetables on a heated metal plate – he then proceeds to toss and turn this - turning it over and over using two smaller squares of metal.
These plates raise a cacophony – a sound so deeply entrenched in the Sri Lankan psyche that is so easily recognized. As Pavlov’s dog followed his classical conditioned response – the ta-ka-ta-ka-ta-ka beat of the kottu does just the same. Salivate J
The pièce de resistance is complete only when he heaps shredded rotti ( a type of flat bread) and douses that with gravy and spice.
Delicious.
Clearly its been a while since I had my last kottu.
Do you have a favourite food that reminds you of home? Feel free to share!
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