Vegan Recipes

A unique, rustic sweet made by steaming tiny, sand-like beads of rice flour, which are then bound together with rich kithul treacle.

Coils of deep-fried urad dal batter completely saturated in sweet, sticky kithul treacle. Sri Lanka's answer to the jalebi, but darker and richer.

Diamond-shaped sweets made from roasted mung bean flour and rice flour mixed with kithul treacle, coated in a light batter and deep-fried.

An intricate, delicate, deep-fried web of rice flour dough, elegantly drizzled with bright pink or brown sugary treacle.

A traditional, diamond-shaped sweetmeat made from roasted rice flour, kithul treacle, and chopped cashew nuts, coated in powdered sugar.

Sri Lanka's take on the spring roll: a crepe filled with a stir-fried, soy-sauce flavored vegetable and noodle filling, breaded, and fried.

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.

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

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.