Kottu is the sound of a Sri Lankan evening: chopped flatbread, vegetables, egg and curry brought together on a hot griddle. The Navodya Kottu Rotty Cutting Machine is a hand-cranked cutter made in Sri Lanka for the first half of that job, turning a stack of godamba roti and its fillings into even, bite-sized strips without a pair of cleavers.
The machine is built around a large cast wheel finished in a textured green enamel, with a wooden grip on its rim. Curved stainless steel blades are bolted to the wheel, and as you turn it they sweep past a fixed cutting edge at the mouth of a metal feed chute. A tubular steel frame forms the base, giving a wide, steady footprint while the wheel is in motion.
Operation is entirely manual, so it needs no electricity and can work wherever there is a table: a restaurant kitchen, a catering tent, a roadside stall or a busy home. Feed roti, vegetables or cooked meat into the chute, turn the handle at a steady pace, and the blades cut through the food with each rotation, giving a consistent size that a hand-chopped batch rarely matches.
The stainless steel blades are chosen for food contact and to stand up to daily use, and the open design makes them straightforward to reach for washing and drying after service. The robust frame is intended for heavy-duty work, so it suits kitchens that prepare kottu in quantity as well as households who simply want the dish at home.
