Having been to Spain (Barcelona), I couldn’t resist trying the delicious Paella recipes. Of course they had to have a Sri Lankan touch !. It’s quite a simple recipe and a delicious dish.

Ingredients:
For 4 people
1 large onions
2 large cloves of garlic
1 large bell pepper (red)
olive oil
1 chicken stock cube
1 chicken chopped up into small pieces (could use cooked Tandoori chicken)
250g large tiger prawns

Turmeric for colouring
4 cups Basmathi Rice (or you can use short grain rice)
handful of frozen peas
4 green chilies for extra flavor
1 table spoon of salt (A lot of salt used in Barcelona !)
I use a the rice cooker as the Paella pan !, this is very handy

Preparation:
Authentic Paella is made in the same pot from start to finish. This is what I do, and I use the rice cooker.

1) Add enough olive oil to cover the bottom of the pot, and let it heat up
2)Add the chopped chicken (easier if you are using already cooked chicken) and stir until well fried and brown

3)Mix in the prawns, chopped onion, pepper, green chilies and garlic and fry gently until everything is cooked. Fry for about 3 minutes until the onions get a pale colour.

4)add the crushed stock cube and mix.

5)Add rice and mix with the content until rice grains are well coated, add salt and turmeric and mix more

6)add 8 ½ cups of warm water

7)let it cook for 20 minutes while stirring occasionally