DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Caril
Timorese shrimp curry with eggplant, coconut milk and parsley.

About Caril
Cooking Timor-Leste records this coconut curry from Mariana of Marlelo Beach Restaurant in Bebonuk, Dili. The named shrimp version combines shell-on shrimp with fried eggplant, garlic, coconut milk and curry powder.
Garlic and curry powder flavour the coconut sauce. Eggplant contributes its vegetable base, with salt and pepper seasoning the shrimp and sauce; the exact spice blend is not specified.
The shrimp retain their heads, tails and shells in this version. Eggplant pieces share the sauce, parsley decorates the plate, and rice and vegetables accompany the finished curry.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Crustaceans.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Caril
Mariana’s Dili shrimp-and-eggplant coconut curry / boek kari, Cooking Timor-Leste.
- EggplantBase
- SaltSeasoning
- Cooking oilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- ShrimpProtein
- GarlicAromatic
- Coconut milkLiquid
- WaterLiquid
- Curry powderSeasoning
- PepperSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- ParsleyGarnish
- RiceAccompaniment
- VegetablesAccompanimentIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Eggplant: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cooking oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Botanical species and refinement unprovided.
- Shrimp: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Actual shrimp branch selected; heads/tails/shells retained, exact species unknown.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Full fresh/commercial product formula unprovided.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Curry powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Blend formula unprovided; no mustard/cereal/allergen inferred from generic blend.
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source says pepper, exact species/form unprovided.
- Parsley: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named accompaniment225; full separate preparation unprovided.
- Vegetables: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source225 generic vegetables; kinds and full preparation unresolved.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Timor-Leste
- Timor-LesteCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Timorese Cuisine
- Timorese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.