Sri Lankan Authentic food 

Since Sri Lanka is a multi cultural country, nothing anything less influence when it comes to Sri Lankan food . 

Sri Lanka is filled with its regional flavours while the cuisine is known for a rich combination of rice specialities, spices, herbs, seafood, seasonal vegetables and fruits and of course, legumes.

Many of these dishes are centred around the main staple rice, rice flour and coconut. The curries have immense flavour and colours which are derived from a list of Sri Lankan Hot Spices. These spices not only add great flavour to the food but also adds ayurvedic value to the dish.

 Lamprise  ___________________

A Lankan delicacy introduced by the Dutch Burgher community is an absolute must try out of the ever so extensive Sri Lankan cuisine. 

Traditionally, this banana leaf wrapped treat comprises of a meat curry, ash plantain, brinjal pahi, seeni sambol, belacan or blachan (shrimp paste), frikadel (compact meatballs) and finally, rice cooked in stock.

Sri Lankan Cuisine

Sri Lankan cuisine is sure to please every type of foodie, including those who are vegetarians and/or love spicy foods!

In spite of its tiny size, Sri Lanka boasts an amazing variety of food and styles of cooking. The island has a rich heritage of indigenous dishes and its regional cooking is strongly individual and varied. For example, Kandyan Sinhalese cooking, with its emphasis on hill country vegetables and fruits; coastal cooking, making the best of the abundant seafood with which the land is blessed; Tamil cooking, closely linked to that of southern India, which is especially prevalent in Jaffna, in the north. Sri Lanka’s  cuisine is hot and spicy, with lashings of rice and coconut milk, and plenty of tropical fruit to refresh the palate at the end of a meal.

 EGGPLANT (BRINJAL) PICKLE - Sri Lankan Recipe 

Sri Lankan Food is known well around the world for its unique taste.The Portuguese, Dutch and British invaders as well as the Indian, Arab, Malay and Moor traders have all contributed to the variety of Sri Lankan cuisine. Sri Lankan cuisine ranges from mild and subtly flavoured dishes to hot and spicy ones. The food is flavoured with a variety of herbs and spices, garlic, ginger, lemon grass etc.. and curry powder which is prepared by blending atleast 5 different ingredients.

 

Try this healthy and delicious Sri Lankan Recipe - EGGPLANT (BRINJAL) PICKLE