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Sri Lanka cuisine provides a large number of delicious dishes which will give you a unique taste. Some of the best preparations like boiled rice with curried vegetable, rice and curry along with various spices form an important part of the typical Sri Lankan diet. These items are served in the lunch as well as dinner and at times you will feel its delicious taste in your breakfast.
Among the Sri Lankan cuisine, curries provide a very spicy taste and are served hot and fresh and the growing demand for the softening of its taste can easily be done to meet the demands of a large number of tourists, especially for those who come from the western part of the world. You will get to enjoy a variety of regional delicacies of which some are being molded by the influence of the Dutch, the Portuguese, the Arabs, the Malays and the South Indians. Rice and curry in Sri Lanka comes with a range of delicious dishes made of vegetables, fish and meat. Fish and chicken are popular non-veg items and are used in curries. Mutton and Beef are also available over here. Meals are companied by mullung (lightly stir- fried, ripped green leaves with spices), parripu (red lentil dhal) and sambol (a mixture of grated coconut, spice and chilly).
Other specialties of Sri Lankan cuisine include several breakfast items and snacks. Hoppers is a type of pancake with crisp like edge and a very delicate and soft middle portion where sweetened scraped coconut or fried egg is put to provide a delicious taste to this product. Desserts which include the Sri Lankan cuisine offer a large variety to choose from. An oil cake which is called Kevum is prepared by treacle, spiced flour and cashew-nut fudge. Kiribath is another favorable cuisine prepared by rice boiled in coconut milk. It is best to be eaten with sambol and usually served on ceremonial occasions such as wedding and other social activities. Malay-origin-dessert, which is an egg pudding, is widely served in the island nation. Other delicacies like honey and curd popularly known as kiri peni also provides a good taste. Curd is a yogurt from the milk of buffaloes and gives a delicious taste.
Fruits form an important part in the Sri Lankan cuisine. There are various fruit trees in Sri Lanka which provide surplus fruits. Some of the important fruits which are served in this island are mangoes, bananas, mangosteens, papayas, durians, jackfruits, rambutans, etc which are found everywhere in the local markets. Thus, the cuisines of Sri Lanka range from a number of veg and non-veg delicacies and several fruits.
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