MA's Kitchen Cinnamon Sticks are hand-rolled quills of Sri Lankan cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum), sourced directly from Ceylon's cinnamon estates. They have a warm, sweet aroma and a delicate flavour, lighter than the sharper cassia often sold as cinnamon elsewhere. The pack carries the Sinhala name kurundu.
A whole stick goes into the pot early in Sri Lankan cooking, with rice or in the base of a curry, alongside cardamom and cloves. The quills are equally at home in stews, desserts and hot drinks. The maker's site uses them in a Polos Curry. This pack holds 50g.
Ingredients
- Cinnamon
How to use
Add a piece of stick to hot oil with the other whole spices at the start of a curry or rice dish, and let it infuse as the dish cooks; the maker's Polos Curry uses it this way. For hot drinks, simmer a stick in milk tea, mulled wine or cider. For desserts, infuse it in the cooking liquid of poached fruit or rice pudding. Remove the stick before serving.
Made in Sri Lanka by MA’s Tropical Food Processing (Pvt) Ltd, the family company behind MA’s Kitchen, founded in Dambulla in 1985 and the first in Sri Lanka to gain SQF food safety certification. See the full MA’s Kitchen range.
