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Seeni sambol

Seeni sambol
Alternative names	Seeni sambal, Sini sambol, Sawi sambol
Course	Condiments
Place of origin	Sri Lanka
Serving temperature	Room temperature
Main ingredients	red onion/shallots, tamarind juice, chillies, salt, sugar
Variations	Maldives fish, curry leaves, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, lemongrass
Food energy (per serving)	232 kcal (971 kJ)

Seeni sambol (Sinhala: සීනි සම්බෝල, Tamil: சீனி சம்பல்), also known as Sini sambol or Sawi sambol, is a traditional Sri Lankan condiment.^[1]^[2] It is a caramelised onion chutney or relish, with flavours which are spicy, sweet and aromatic.^[3]^[4] It is served as an accompaniment to rice, curries, idiyappam (string hoppers) and appam (plain hoppers). It is an integral component of lamprais and seeni banis (a brioche bun with seeni sambol filling).

In Sinhala and Tamil, seeni means sweet or sugar and sambol means sauce.^[5] The main ingredients are onion, sugar, tamarind juice, red chillies and salt, which can also be combined with Maldives fish, curry leaves, lemongrass, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves.

References

^ Sivanathan, Prakash K.; Ellawala, Niranjala M. (2017). Sri Lanka: The Cookbook. Frances Lincoln. p. 76. ISBN 9781781012130.
^ Dharmapala, Su (2012). The Wedding Season. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780731815616.
^ Alford, Jeffrey; Duguid, Naomi (2005). Mangoes & Curry Leaves: Culinary Travels Through the Great Subcontinent. Artisan Books. p. 30. ISBN 9781579655655.
^ Bajpai, Lopamudra Maitra (2020). India, Sri Lanka and the SAARC Region: History, Popular Culture and Heritage. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000205855.
^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 96. ISBN 9781932705485.

Sri Lankan cuisine

Dishes

Rice	Biryani Diyabath Idli Kaha bath Kiribath Lamprais Nasi goreng Pittu Rice and curry
Roti	Gothamba roti Kottu roti Pol roti Uraippu roti
Other	Dosa Hoppers Kankun mallung Kola kanda Kool Mee goreng Sathe String hoppers Upma

Side dishes

Bread	Gal Banis Jam paan Kimbula Banis Maalu paan Roast Paan Seeni Banis Sri Lankan tea bun Theti Paan
Curry	Curry Apple curry Beetroot curry Brinjal paal curry Cashew curry Chicken curry Kakuluwo curry (Crab curry) Elumas (Lamb curry) Ismoru (Beef curry) Jaffna lamb curry Malu Mirisata (Fish curry) Mango curry Moju (Pork curry) Murunga curry Polos (Jackfruit curry) Potato curry Pumpkin curry
Other	Malay Achcharu Babath Fish Cutlet Dal Ekor soup Gotukola Gova Kaldu Kiri hodi Mallung Papadum Rasam Sambol Katta sambal Pol sambol Seeni sambol Vaalai kai sambal Sri Lankan omelette Thakkadi