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Roasted curry powder
Unroasted curry powder
Bitter gourd sambol
Dried chilli sambol
Bird’s-eye chilli sambol
Fresh coconut sambol
Roasted coconut sambol
Onion and Maldive fish sambol
Wing bean sambol
Babana blossom sambol
Coconut milk gravy
Melon ginger sauce
Saffron lemongrass sauce
Young jackfruit pickles
Pickled eggplant
Butter rice
Coconut milk rice cakes
Ragi flour flatbreads
Seasoned coconut and rice flour flatbreads
Crispy dosai pancakes
Rice flour hoppers
String hoppers
Pumpkin soup with prawns
Tomato soup with fennel
Rich seafood soup
Curry leaf congee
Coconut milk congee
Spicy fish stew
Portuguese fishball curry
Deep-fried battered fish
Tamarind claypot fish
Prawns in a coconut curry gravy
Stir-fried spicy prawns
Curried prawns
Curried squid
Vadai prawn patties
Coconut curry crabs
Chicken curry
Coconut and cashew nut chicken
Curried meatballs
Spicy stir-fried lamb
Lamb curry
Pork curry
Royal chicken
Beef smore
Spicy eggplant
Dhal stew
Curried cabbage
Curried okra
Spicy green beans
Tangy coconut okra
Portuguese omelette
Green mango curry
Pumpkin curry
Topknot cakes
Coconut cakes
Coconut cinnamon cashew slices
Cashew brittle
Coconut spice cake
Sweet coconut slices
Portuguese semolina love cake
Coconut halva
Refreshing orange spice cooler
Pineapple cinnamon cooler
Food in Sri Lanka
Cinnamon, cloves and other spices are the island’s culinary gems
Sri Lanka, the fabled island of sapphires, rubies and other precious stones, is home to one of the least known Asian cuisines. Rarely found in restaurants outside the island itself, Sri Lankan fare is often mistaken for yet another Indian regional cuisine. To the culinary explorer, however, Sri Lankan food is as intriguing and unique as the many other customs of this island paradise.
Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is located off India’s southeast coast. The rugged terrain of the central highlands— characterised by high mountains and plateaus, steep river gorges and swathes of tea plantations—dominates much of the island. This falls away to sandy lowlands, rice paddies and long stretches of palm-fringed beaches.
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