We were very excited to eat our way around this beautiful island. Sri Lankan cuisine is said to be similar to South Indian cuisine, which is one of our favorite world cuisines.

Food in Sri Lanka To Try

Foods you must try in Sri Lanka include the following.

• Rice and curry.
• Crab curry

• Fish curry
• Jackfruit curry
• String hoppers
• Hoppers
• Milk rice
• Curd
• Short Eats

Food in Sri Lanka – Breakfasts

A traditional Sri Lankan breakfast is one of the world’s most delectable meals. Dal, possibly accompanied by a fish, egg, or potato curry, fresh coconut chutney, string hoppers, or hoppers, is a delicious way to start the day. Fresh tropical fruits such as papaya, pineapple, bananas, local curd, milk rice, and western offerings may also be found.

Sri Lanka Food – Real Sri Lanka Rice & Curry

Sri Lanka’s national dish is rice and curry. Rice and curry continue to reign supreme on the Sri Lankan culinary scene, albeit with stronger flavors than in neighboring India, and with sauces based on coconut milk and fiery chili sambols. Rice has become central to Sri Lankan cuisine. The national dish is not called “curry,” but “rice and curry”: a mountainous plate of rice accompanied by various meat and/or vegetable curries, pickles, sambal, and a handful of tiny poppadums.

On the island, more than 15 varieties of rice are grown, ranging from tiny white translucent varieties to long-grained basmati and nutty red kakuluhaal. Locals will take cooked rice balls and rub the heavily spiced accompaniments into them, gently massaging the mixture between their fingers to blend the flavors.

No rice and curry are complete without a few sambols, the Sri Lankan version of the Indian pickle, which are used to add flavor (and heat) to the dishes on offer. Chili, either freshly chopped or powdered, is a staple in Sri Lankan sambals. As a result, many sambols can be extremely hot, so proceed with caution and always test a small amount before ladling spoonfuls all over your meal. A mouthful of rice cools the mouth much faster than water in the event of overheating. The most basic sambol is lunu miris (salted chili), which is made with chili powder, onions, Maldive fish (a salty, intensely flavored sun-dried tuna), and salt. When you add fine white grated coconut to this, you get the traditional pol sambol. The sweet-and-sour seeni sambol is gentler (sugar sambol).

Sri Lanka Short Eats

Short eats are sold behind glass in shops and sometimes in mobile short eats vans.

Filled vegetable roti is a regular feature; they’re not bad; the filling is a spiced potato mixture similar to that found in a masala dosa. They are inexpensive and filling, but roti in Sri Lanka is often undercooked and doughy.