Sri Lankan Recipes

Bright pink, chewy, and intensely coconutty sweets made with freshly grated coconut and sugar. A vibrant and nostalgic treat.

Incredibly sweet, rich, and crumbly-yet-fudgy milk toffee squares made with condensed milk and sugar, studded with cashew nuts.

Nutritious, high-energy sweet balls made from roasted sesame seeds and jaggery. A traditional, deeply flavorful Sri Lankan sweetmeat.

A mouth-watering, tangy, and fiery street food snack made from assorted unripe fruits tossed in a chili-vinegar-sugar dressing.

A highly addictive, spicy street food snack of boiled chickpeas stir-fried with mustard seeds, dried chilies, coconut pieces, and curry leaves.

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

Thinly sliced, deep-fried green ash plantains tossed with salt and chili powder. A starchy, crunchy, addictive snack.

A rectangular, pan-fried packet made of thin, stretchy godamba roti dough, heavily stuffed with a spicy chicken and potato curry mixture.

Spicy, curried mashed potato balls dipped in a thick, turmeric-spiced chickpea flour batter and deep-fried to a golden crunch.

A rustic, highly nutritious sweet treat made from finger millet (kurakkan) flour and coconut, steamed inside aromatic kanda leaves.

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.