Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
kithul jaggery, rice flour, coconut milk, and cashew nuts Sri Lankan dodol. Household sweet, usually served at tea time and special events. Prepared by boiling Coconut milk and Kitul Juggery in big Pan (thachi) and adding rice flour, cashew nut and spices to the reduced mix. Kesari bhath: Rava, cardamon, sugar, ghee
The coconut palm has made Sri Lanka a particularly beautiful place. The graceful trunk of the tree rises to a height up to 30 m (98 ft) ending in a compact crown of 30-40 large feather like leaves. Each leaf is about3–4 m (9.8–13.1 ft) in length.
Adding water to creamed coconut in the ratio 5:2 gives a coconut cream substitute, 5:1 gives a coconut milk substitute. [3] Creamed coconut, or coconut butter can also be made by placing unsweetened shredded coconut into the bowl of a food processor and processing on high speed for 10 to 15 minutes. [4] Creamed coconut is added to Indian, South ...
Kalu dodol (Sinhala: කලු දොදොල්, Tamil: தொதல்) is a sweet dish, a type of dodol that is popular in Sri Lanka. The dark and sticky dish consists mainly of kithul jaggery (from the sap of the toddy palm), rice flour and coconut milk. Kalu dodol is a very difficult and time-consuming dish to prepare.
Kokis - A savoury crispy biscuit-like dish made from rice flour and coconut milk. Pushnambu / Wandu Appa - A rich, cake-like sweet made from coconut treacle and wheat flour. Cinnamon/cardamom and sweet cumin is often added among the Christian population of Sri Lanka. Seenakku - a glutinous rice cake often served with grated coconut. [15]
The production of coconuts is the main source of Sri Lanka economy, with 12% of cultivated land and 409,244 hectares used for coconut growing (2017). Sri Lanka established its Coconut Development Authority and Coconut Cultivation Board and Coconut Research Institute in the early British Ceylon period. [111]
Bibikkan is believed to have been introduced to Sri Lanka by the Portuguese, who colonised the coastal areas of the island in 1505 and remained until 1658. [5] Goan Catholics serve a similar dish called Bebinca, [6] which is almost identical to Bibingka, a traditional Filipino rice flour cake made with coconut milk, which is served on Christmas Day. [7]
[1] [2] It is a coconut relish, consisting of freshly grated coconut, shallots, dried whole chilies or chili powder, lime juice, and salt. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Traditionally the ingredients are ground on a rectangular block of granite with a granite rolling-pin, known as a miris gala ( Sinhala : මිරිස් ගල ). [ 5 ]