Cuisine Sri Lanka
Staple diet of Sri Lanka is rice and curry-boiled rice with curried vegetable. It can be served as lunch and dinner or sometimes as breakfast too. Sri Lankan curries are usually hot, sprinkled with lot of spices. Sri Lankan rice and curry usually includes a variety of small curry dishes made of vegetable, meat, and fish. Chicken and fish is very popular meat used in curries, but beef and mutton are also available. In a meal, it must have an accompaniment such as parripu (red lentil dhal), mallung (ripped green leaves with spices, lightly stir- fried), and sambol (a mixture of grated coconut, chilly, and spice).
Sri Lankan history has left its imprints on Sri Lankan cuisine. Many regional foods are influenced by the Portuguese, the Dutch, the Malays, the Arabs, and the South Indians, all of whom have left their culinary impression
Sri Lankan cuisine offers a wide variety of desserts. Some of the popular dessert dishes are: Kiribath-made of rice cooked in coconut milk-is usually served on ceremonial occasions such as wedding; Wattalappam-an egg pudding; and Kiri Peni-made of curd and honey.
Owing to its tropical nature, variety of fruits is available in Srilanka. Major among them are: Mangoes, papayas, bananas, jackfruits, durians, rambutans, and mangosteens
Sweets
This is a list of notable Sri Lankan sweets and desserts. Sri Lanka is well-known throughout South Asia for sweets and desserts originating from there. Desserts are usually served as part of main meals, whereas sweets are consumed at tea times. Many Sri Lankan desserts and sweets contain domestic spices, jaggery and kithul (Caryota urens) treacle. Locally made treacle and jaggery are the most common sweeteners.
Desserts
Name |
Main Ingredients |
Remarks |
| Watalappan | Coconut milk, jaggery, eggs, spices (cardamom, cloves) | The most popular dessert among Muslims during Ramadan. Commonly served at weddings, parties and other special ceremonies. |
| Buffalo Curd | Buffalo milk, starter culture | Popular in southern Sri Lanka for weddings, alms and as a household dessert. |
| Avocado Crazy | Avocado, sugar, cream | Household dessert often offered in restaurants. |
| Wood Apple Milk | Wood apples, coconut milk, sugar | A very popular dessert drink. |
| Pudding of Dulya | Eggs, milk, bread crumbs, sugar, vanilla | Similar to bread pudding. Used for special occasions. |
| Sago Pudding | Sago, sugar, milk, eggs | This is popular among the Tamil community in Sri Lanka. Mostly offered at weddings and cultural festivals. |
Sweets
Name |
Main Ingredients |
Remarks |
| Aluwa | Rice flour, sugar, milk, butter, spices (cardamom, cloves) | Popular among Sinhalese. Served at cultural festivals. |
| Oil Cake (Konda Kavum) | Rice flour, treacle, coconut milk | A very popular and culturally important Sinhalese sweet. |
| Avocado Crazy | Avocado, sugar, cream | Household dessert often offered in restaurants. |
| Bibikkan | Semolina, raisins, treacle, rice flour, scrapped coconut, spices and flavors | Similar to fruit cake. |
| Green Gram Cake (Mung Kavum) | Rice flour, mung flour, treacle, ghee, spices. | A popular Sinhalese sweet often used at cultural events. |
| Weli Thalapa | Rice flour, coconut milk, coconut treacle, spices | Household sweet, usually served at tea time. |
| Aggala | Kithul treacle, rice flour, peppers | Spicy sweet. Mostly prepared for tea time in villages. |
| Urunda (Coconut Balls) | Coconut, sugar, flour, essence | Used in rituals and special events. |
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