A surprise feast

One of the sous chefs at the main restaurant at Al Maha is Sri Lankan, and I wrangled him into preparing an all-out Sri Lankan feast for lunch today. Rice, arhar daal, fiery dry-sautéed brinjal, "Devil's prawns," and Colombo chicken curry-- all served in these delightful copper bain maries. I'm trying to get the recipes out of him now-- watch this spot for further developments....