Local Dishes

1. කිරිබත්

   kiribath

   Kiribath (rice cooked in coconut milk)

2. ආප්ප

   āppa

   Hopper (bowl-shaped rice flour pancake)

3. බිත්තර ආප්ප

   biththara āppa

   Egg hopper

4. ඉඳි ආප්ප

   indi āppa

   String hoppers (steamed rice-flour noodle nests)

5. පිට්ටු

   piṭṭu

   Pittu (steamed rice flour and coconut cylinders)

6. කොත්තු

   koththu

   Kottu (chopped flatbread stir-fried on a griddle)

7. පොල් රොටී

   pol roṭī

   Coconut roti (flatbread with grated coconut)

8. පරිප්පු

   parippu

   Parippu (lentil curry, dhal)

9. කිරි හොද්ද

   kiri hodda

   Kiri hodda (thin coconut milk gravy)

10. පොල් සම්බෝල

    pol sambōla

    Pol sambola (spicy grated coconut relish)

11. ලුණු මිරිස්

    luṇu miris

    Lunu miris (chilli and salt paste)

12. මැල්ලුම්

    mællum

    Mallum (shredded greens tossed with coconut)

13. ගොටුකොළ සම්බෝල

    goṭukoḷa sambōla

    Gotukola sambola (pennywort salad)

14. අච්චාරු

    achchāru

    Achcharu (sweet-and-sour pickle)

15. කරවල

    karavala

    Karavala (dried fish)

16. ඇඹුල් තියල්

    æmbul thiyal

    Ambul thiyal (sour fish curry)

17. හත්මාළුව

    hathmāḷuva

    Hathmaluwa (a curry of seven vegetables)

18. ලම්ප්‍රයිස්

    lamprayis

    Lamprais (rice and curries baked in a banana leaf)

19. බිරියානි

    biriyāni

    Biriyani (spiced rice cooked with meat)

20. වඩේ

    vaḍē

    Vade (deep-fried lentil fritter)

21. කැවුම්

    kævum

    Kevum (rice flour and treacle oil cake)

22. කොකිස්

    kokis

    Kokis (crisp rosette-shaped fried sweet)

23. අලුවා

    aluvā

    Aluwa (diamond-cut rice flour sweet)

24. වටලප්පන්

    vaṭalappan

    Watalappan (jaggery and coconut milk custard)

25. බිබික්කං

    bibikkaṃ

    Bibikkan (baked coconut and treacle cake)

26. දොදොල්

    dodol

    Dodol (chewy treacle and coconut sweet)

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