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Sri Lanka. Main ingredients. Flour, sugar, eggs, cashew nuts, icing, vanilla extract, rose water. Variations. Pumpkin preserve. Bolo Fiado, or Bolo Folhado ( Sinhala: බොලෝ ෆියාඩෝ ), is a Sri Lankan laminated/layer cake. It is made of sweet pastry layers, alternating with a cashew nut, sugar and rose water filling. [1]
The Poruwa ceremony appears to have existed in Sri Lanka before the introduction of Buddhism in the 3rd century BC. The Poruwa ceremony was a valid custom as a registered marriage until the British introduced the registration of marriages by Law in 1870. Today's Poruwa ceremony has been influenced by both upcountry and low country customs of ...
The original recipe of the Sri Lankan love cake dates back to the 16th century, when the Portuguese controlled the coastal areas of the country, known as "Bolo di Amor". The cake incorporates a mix of ingredients from Portuguese cakes, such as semolina, together with local Sri Lankan spices, such as nutmeg, cinnamon and cardamon.
Baila music. Baila (also known as bayila; from the Portuguese verb bailar, meaning to dance [1]) is a form of music, popular in Sri Lanka and among Goan Catholics in India. The genre originated centuries ago among the Portuguese Burghers and Sri Lankan Kaffirs. Baila songs are played during parties and weddings in Sri Lanka, Goa, and Mangalore ...
Breudher, also known as Brueder or Bloeder (pronounced as broo-dhuh ), is a traditional Sri Lankan Dutch Burgher buttery yeast cake, baked in a fluted mould. [1] [2] [3] A variation, Bleuda, Kueh Bleuda or Kue Bludder is also found in the Malacca Dutch Eurasian community and in Kochin, a city in the south-west of India. [4]
Bibikkan ( Sinhala: බිබික්කන්) is a traditional Sri Lankan coconut cake. [1] [2] It is a dark moist cake made of shredded coconut, jaggery (from the sap of the toddy palm) and semolina combined with a mixture of spices. [3] Bibikkan is commonly prepared and consumed in celebration of festive and religious occasions, including ...
1946–1984. William Bandara Makuloluwa ( Sinhala: ඩබ්ලිව්. බී. මකුලොලුව ), (17 February 1922 – 8 September 1984), popularly as W. B. Makuloluwa, was a folk music composer, promoter and director of theater and film in Sri Lanka. [1] Considered as a legend in Sri Lankan folk music history, Makuloluwa is the ...
Media: Kevum. Kevum or Kavum ( Sinhala: කැවුම්) is a deep-fried Sri Lankan sweet made from rice flour and kithul (sugar-palm) treacle, with a number of variants adding additional ingredients. It is also known as oil cake. Kevum is traditionally given and consumed during celebrations of Sinhala and Tamil New Year. [1]