Recipes · Sri Lankan · Side Dishes

Pol Sambola

One serving has 213 kcal and 5 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of manganese (45%), copper (28%), selenium (23%), cobalamin (21%) and fiber (20%). Ready in 10 minutes.

Pol Sambola
Photo: Dan arndt, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • Preparation: 10 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (91.8 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diets: Pescatarian, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Low carb
  • Contains: fish

Ingredients

  • 50 g Coconut, fresh
  • 25 g Onions, red, raw
  • 3 g Chilies, dried red
  • 8 g Lime juice
  • 0.8 g Salt
  • 5 g Salt cod

Method

  1. If using, soak the salt cod briefly, then drain and flake it finely.
  2. Pound the dried red chilies with the salt into a rough paste.
  3. Mix in the grated coconut, finely chopped red onion and flaked fish, rubbing everything together with your fingers until the coconut takes on a reddish color and releases some of its oil.
  4. Squeeze in the lime juice and mix well, adjusting the salt to taste.
  5. Serve fresh as a side condiment with rice and curry; it's best eaten the same day.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy213 kcal10%
Carbohydrates12.7 g
Water54.1 mL
Fiber5.8 g20%
Protein5.4 g11%
Tryptophan0.06 g
Threonine0.22 g
Isoleucine0.22 g
Leucine0.4 g
Lysine0.39 g
Methionine0.13 g
Cystine0.07 g
Phenylalanine0.22 g
Tyrosine0.17 g
Valine0.28 g
Histidine0.14 g
Fat17.1 g
Monounsaturated0.75 g
Polyunsaturated0.32 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0.02 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-60.28 g
Saturated14.9 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol7.6 mg
Calcium23.4 mg2%
Copper0.25 mg28%
Iron1.6 mg9%
Magnesium28.4 mg9%
Manganese0.81 mg45%
Phosphorus117 mg17%
Potassium353 mg8%
Selenium12.7 µg23%
Sodium675 mg
Zinc0.71 mg9%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.06 mg5%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.07 mg6%
Niacin (vitamin B3)0.95 mg7%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.3 mg6%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.13 mg10%
Folate (vitamin B9)21.3 µg5%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0.5 µg21%
Choline25.1 mg6%
Vitamin A42 µg6%
Vitamin C7 mg9%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)8.1 IU1%
Vitamin E0.38 mg3%
Vitamin K3.5 µg4%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.2 kg CO2e a serving: about average for breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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