Must Try Foods in Sri Lanka

[Gibbs]

SL Malay Cuisine

Babuth/ Beef tripe curry

Mee goreng /Fried noodles

Nasi Goreng/ Fried rice

Malay pickle

And of cause Wattalapan

 

[Saradiel]

yes..ok..both sounds same..

This shows coconut based foods in SL. A kind of a tribute to coconut tree.... you can see kiribath (milk rice) in it

 

[TejasMk3]

we own Puttu,Appam,porotta and idiappam
you have Pongal,thosai,idli,medhu vadai and filter kappi..

Nah Not really, they are all common afaik.
Parotta is actually a variation of north Indian Paratha

Edit:anyway lets not derail this thread!

 

[Saradiel]

 

[Gibbs]

Nah Not really, they are all common afaik.
Parotta is actually a variation of north Indian Paratha

SL Tamil food is basically what you get in TN.. Vadai, Dhosa, Pittu, Parata, Roti, Kanji etc

Probably maybe the sea food dishes may vary little like the Jaffna crab curry and the Batticaloa Fish dishes

 

[DarkSeid]

no burriyani ?

Why not.
34. Biryani
Chicken Biryani

Vegetable Biryani

Mutton Biryani

String Hopper Biriyani

 

[farhan_9909]

All of them seem to be very difficult to cook.

 

[DarkSeid]

Are all these dishes made from Jackfruit as i have a Jackfruit tree & love it but never tried it curried ?

Yes, of course. Now you can try them out. Here are the recipes.
Kiri-Kos (White Jack-fruit curry): Sri Lanka Recipes : Malini's Kitchen
Polos Curry (Green Jack Fruit) : Sri Lanka Recipes : Malini's Kitchen
Kos Mallum (Jack fruit) | Sri Lankan Food & Recipes

All of them seem to be very difficult to cook.

Added to that, the cooking styles and techniques are also different from person to person due to the amount of spices used . Therefore, you will find different tastes although it is the same dish.

 

[DarkSeid]

Our Cuisine has more similarity to Lankans than Tamils........................

It's not just the cuisine from what i have experienced.. Most other aspects as well

Salagama people believe that their ancestors arrived in Sri Lanka, from a village named 'Sali-Gramam', or 'Shali-Gramam' b. which is currently known as "Chandigar" in India, Capital city of Punjab but the moor community in beruwala believes that they came from "Saliya Mangalam or Saliya Pattanam from Kerala.
The Salagama have a belief, that they originated from saligrama Brahmins. According to this belief Saliyas were of Brahmin origin and were brought across the sea from Malabar (i.e. Kerala) by ship. However, since they would 'lose caste' if they touched the water, they had to be carried ashore by moors on their heads,which is depicted in their flag.
According to this tradition, the ancestral Salagamas arrived in Sri Lanka from Kerala in several waves after accepting migration invitations from several Sinhala Kings, during various periods.
Brahmins at Beruwala assimilated well into the Sinhalese community and their descendants formed the Salagama caste, along with "Agampadi"Mercenary Soldiers who came from Kerala & Tamil Nadu.
Salagama Caste

Lasith Malinga is also from Salagama caste, Rathgama area.
I think, we should start a thread to discuss about Sri Lankan communal history as well.

 

[Aepsilons]

I want to try the Jackfruit curry dish. Don't they put coconut milk in that, too?

 

[DarkSeid]

I want to try the Jackfruit curry dish. Don't they put coconut milk in that, too?

Yes, we do. Is it available in Sri Lankan or Indian restaurants in USA?
You should try ripe Jackfruit too. It is even more tasty.

 

[Aepsilons]

Yes, we do. Is it available in Sri Lankan or Indian restaurants in USA?
You should try ripe Jackfruit too. It is even more tasty.
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Yes, they sell them in the Asian markets, but its hard to find really good quality ones. I'll have to make this dish sometime. It looks really good.

 

[nair]

28. Naran Kavum
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This look similar to Sukhiyan of kerala......

Yes, we do. Is it available in Sri Lankan or Indian restaurants in USA?
You should try ripe Jackfruit too. It is even more tasty.
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this is called "then varikka" here.... That is one variety of jack fruit, Then means honey....

 

[gtrr]

SL Malay Cuisine

Babuth/ Beef tripe curry

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Mee goreng /Fried noodles

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Nasi Goreng/ Fried rice

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Malay pickle

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And of cause Wattalapan

Man i love Ojri (tripe)

 

[DarkSeid]

this is called "then varikka" here.... That is one variety of jack fruit, Then means honey....

We call it as 'waraka', so much similar.

This look similar to Sukhiyan of kerala......

The Kerala influence on Sri Lankan cuisine is much higher than I thought.