10x Sri Lankan Dishes you must try

When in Sri Lanka, you must try a Sri Lankan dish for sure! I’ve listed them down for you!

1. Rice & Curry

Rice and Curry are a specialty in Sri Lanka. When ordering this dish, you can order a curry of fish, chicken, or mutton. Don’t expect a small dish. When ordering curry, you’ll also get vegetables, lentils, and fruits.

2. Kottu

Kottu is a spicy stir-fry of shredded roti bread with vegetables. You can also order a Kottu with eggs, meat, chicken, or cheese. I really liked this dish but way too spicy haha!

3. Banana Fritters

A banana fritter is a fried pastry with a banana in it. This dish is served as a dessert.

4. Hoppers

Hoppers are a kind of pancake made out of rice flour and coconut milk with spices. The Hopper is served in the shape of a bowl. I don’t know why but I didn’t like this dish. It had a terrible taste and I never tried one again. Maybe I should have…

5. Lion Beer

When ordering a beer in a restaurant, make sure to ask for a local beer. Chances are that you’ll get e Lion Beer. This beer tastes good and is a light beer. The bottles are huge and have a giant sticker on it with a golden lion.

6. Noodles

Just like everywhere else in Asia, noodles are also a dish in Sri Lanka. After my encounter with salmonella in Thailand, I only eat vegetarian noodles (the chicken noodles remind me of the night I got sick).

7. Curd

Curd is a traditional homemade yogurt made from buffalo milk which is curdled. You have to eat curd with some palm sugar. I definitely did not like this dish! It tasted like mutton and I don’t like that taste. My mother did enjoy the curd, so I guess it depends on the person’s taste.

8. Papadam

A papadum is a thin, crisp-shaped food. It reminds me of a nacho but the taste was different. I tasted this dish twice and the second time, it was delicious!

9. Tea

Tea production is one of the main exports of Sri Lanka, so it’s not that strange to visit a tea plantation and drink tea.

10. Seafood

Sri Lanka is an island so it would be logical to eat seafood. As some of you know, I don’t eat anything from the sea. So only my parents ate seafood. Here’s their dinner at Suriyaarana Guesthouse, made with love by our host Judith.

Which Sri Lankan dish would you like to taste?

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