Bakery Recipes

Soft, pillowy cubes of aerated sugar, traditionally colored pink and white, heavily dusted in icing sugar. A nostalgic bakery favorite.

A unique Sri Lankan bakery innovation: spicy fish, potato, and boiled macaroni tubes shaped into logs, breaded, and deep-fried.

A vegetarian twist on the classic patty: flaky, deep-fried shortcrust pastry filled with a gooey mixture of melted cheese, onions, and green chilies.

A staple Sri Lankan bakery snack: a savory chicken sausage enveloped in a soft, slightly sweet bread dough and baked until golden.

The most classic, simple, and slightly sweet bakery bun, often studded with a few raisins and baked to a deep golden brown.

A soft, sweet bakery bun coated in red jam and generously rolled in desiccated coconut.

Flaky, buttery puff pastry squares folded over a savory, spiced minced chicken and leek filling. A bakery favorite.

The most iconic bakery item in Sri Lanka — soft, triangular buns filled with a spicy, peppery mixture of canned mackerel, potato, and onions.

Iconic Sri Lankan sweet buns shaped like crocodiles, covered in a sticky sugar crust. Soft, buttery, and perfect for dunking in tea.

Soft, slightly sweet bread buns stuffed with intensely flavorful, sweet and spicy caramelized onion relish (seeni sambol).