Sri Lankan Cuisines
- Sri Lanka has been a famous spice producer and trader for centuries of years ago. As such Sri Lankan cuisines are world-famous for their taste and nutrition.
Boiled rice with curried vegetables, augmented with spices is the typical Sri Lankan food. It can be served as lunch and dinner or sometimes as breakfast as well. As an island fresh seafood are available throughout the country. Sri Lankan curries are usually hot and spicy. Sri Lankan food tradition is varied with the region and the ethnicity.
The unique Sri Lankan foods that you must taste during your stay are:
Kiribat (Milk rice)
Milk rice is a traditional Sri Lankan food prepared by cooking rice with coconut milk served with onion Sambola (lunu miris)or bananas. It is a popular food served on auspicious and festive occasions. It has varieties mixed with a green gram called Mun kiribath, and a center filled with a mix of coconut and honey called Imbul Kiribath
Sweetmeats
Traditional juicy sweetmeats are commonly prepared during Sinhala new year celebrations and other special occasions. These include Kavum, Kokis, Asmi, Aluwa, Welitalapa, Mun Kevum, Halape, Aggala, Thalaguli, etc.
Fish Ambul Thiyal (Sour fish curry)
Cubed fish (usually tuna) is sautéed in a blend of spices cooked until the spice mixture to coat each cube and dry.
Hoppers
Sri Lankan version of thin pancakes with crispy edges is called hoppers.
Polos (Green Jackfruit curry)
Jack fruit, both the unripe and ripe fruit is very popular in the country. The young green jackfruit called polos is sliced into small chunks and boiled until soft. It's then cooked with onions, garlic, ginger, spices, curry powder, and curry leaves. Coconut milk has to be added towards the end and simmered to reduce most of the liquid, leaving all the beautiful flavors within the cubes of jack fruit.
- Sri Lanka has been a famous spice producer and trader for centuries of years ago. As such Sri Lankan cuisines are world-famous for their taste and nutrition.
Boiled rice with curried vegetables, augmented with spices is the typical Sri Lankan food. It can be served as lunch and dinner or sometimes as breakfast as well. As an island fresh seafood are available throughout the country. Sri Lankan curries are usually hot and spicy. Sri Lankan food tradition is varied with the region and the ethnicity.
The unique Sri Lankan foods that you must taste during your stay are:
Kiribat (Milk rice)
Milk rice is a traditional Sri Lankan food prepared by cooking rice with coconut milk served with onion Sambola (lunu miris)or bananas. It is a popular food served on auspicious and festive occasions. It has varieties mixed with a green gram called Mun kiribath, and a center filled with a mix of coconut and honey called Imbul Kiribath
Sweetmeats
Traditional juicy sweetmeats are commonly prepared during Sinhala new year celebrations and other special occasions. These include Kavum, Kokis, Asmi, Aluwa, Welitalapa, Mun Kevum, Halape, Aggala, Thalaguli, etc.
Fish Ambul Thiyal (Sour fish curry)
Cubed fish (usually tuna) is sautéed in a blend of spices cooked until the spice mixture to coat each cube and dry.
Hoppers
Sri Lankan version of thin pancakes with crispy edges is called hoppers.
Polos (Green Jackfruit curry)
Jack fruit, both the unripe and ripe fruit is very popular in the country. The young green jackfruit called polos is sliced into small chunks and boiled until soft. It's then cooked with onions, garlic, ginger, spices, curry powder, and curry leaves. Coconut milk has to be added towards the end and simmered to reduce most of the liquid, leaving all the beautiful flavors within the cubes of jack fruit.
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