A melting pot of flavours
Amelting pot of Indian, Southeast Asian, and Arabic flavors as well as colonial influences, Sri Lankan cooking is a feast for the senses, drawing on incredibly fresh herbs and spices and the bounty of the land and sea. Here are the best things to eat in Sri Lanka.
Feast on rice and curry whenever you get the chance:
According lonelyplanet.com to this everyday staple is an umbrella term for a broad family of complex, intricatelyspiced vegetable (and often meat and fish) dishes, served with rice – a bit like an Indian thali.
A meal might consist of half a dozen curries, with at least one based on meat, poultry, fish, seafood or egg, and one made from dal (lentils).
On the side, pickles, chutneys and pol sambol add extra heat.
There's also mallung, a leafy salad made with green leaves, chopped green chillies, onions, and grated coconut.
Most Lankan curries are based on coconut milk, with a blend of spices – including but not limited to chillies, turmeric, cinnamon, cardamom, coriander, lemongrass, rampe (pandanus leaves), curry leaves, mustard and tamarind.
Devour string hoppers with curry:
Don't let the name fool you – idi appa or idiyappam (string hoppers) are entirely different from ordinary hoppers.
Often served for breakfast, these steamed rice flour noodles are hand-pressed into thin, delicate mats.
No idi appa meal is complete without a side of pol sambol (grated coconut pounded with chili) and a creamy dal curry, cooked in thick coconut milk, scented and flavored with cinnamon and curry leaves.
Munch on Sri Lankan hoppers:
Made with a fermented batter of rice flour and coconut milk, hoppers – also known as appa or appam – are bowlshaped pancakes with crispy edges and fluffy centers.
Plain hoppers usually come with the chili and salt condiment lunu miris. Follow up with a savory egg hopper – chefs crack open an egg into a plain hopper and tip it off the skillet perfectly cooked.
Hoppers also come with sweet milk or jaggery (palm sugar) and coconut milk, making quite the dessert.
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