Sri Lanka has a very rich and historical food tradition,
which has been shaped by many cultural and historical factors. It has its own
distinctive taste. This traditional Sri Lankan food's relationship with South
Indian, Arabic, and Chinese food styles. Sri Lanka is traditionally well known
for its use of a vast array of herbs, spices, vegetables, rice, and fruits. As
it is a tropical island with an abundance of vegetation, these foods are highly
centered on many varieties of rice and coconut.
Ancient Sri Lankan cooking is a style. Its relation with rural villagers. These culinary traditions highlight the cultural significance of this staple.
Rice and Curry
If you say Sri Lankan food, at that time, you're feeling Sri Lankan rice & curry. A typical Sri Lankan meal consists of steamed rice served with a variety of curries. The curries can be vegetarian or include meat, fish, or seafood. Each curry is prepared with a lot of veggies and a blend of spices, such as cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, curry leaves, and chili.
Hoppers (Appa)
Sri
Lankan hoppers are bowl-shaped pancakes made from a fermented rice flour batter.
Crispy around the edges and soft in the center, hoppers are often enjoyed with savory
accompaniments like dhal (lentil curry) or coconut sambal, offering a perfect
contrast of textures and flavors. Most of the time hoppers consider it a light
meal.
Kottu
Kottu roti is considered a street food
item in Sri Lanka. If you take a stroll down a busy street in the heart of
Colombo or any other part of the country, you’ll be greeted with the sound of
street vendors using metal blades to make Kottu Roti from a fair distance away,
followed by the smell of the different spices. When cooking kottu roti, you can
listen to very famous beat songs in Sri Lanka. Cookers cook it following those
beat sounds.
Kiri Bath - Milk Rice
During Sinhala New Year & other opening ceremony times, use this milk rice as a special part of the food table. It feels prosperous & fresh to all participants. Fresh coconut milk and rice are used to cook this food item. Little milk rice pieces and onion/dry fish sambal mixing earn a very good taste.
Fish Ambul Thiyal
Usually something large or medium-sized, such as tuna, is cut into cubes, then spices including black pepper, cinnamon, turmeric, garlic, curry leaves, and dried goraka added to these fish cubes. Ambul thiyal is a dry curry dish, meaning all the ingredients are simmered with a small amount of water and cooked until the liquid reduces. This allows the spice mixture to coat each cube of fish.
