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🇱🇰 Traditional dishes from Sri Lanka

3 dishes people actually cook in Sri Lanka: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Egg hoppers

60 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Egg hoppers, a traditional dish from Sri Lanka

Delightful bowl-shaped pancakes with a crispy edge!

  • 200 g rice flour
  • 300 ml coconut milk
  • 100 ml water
  • 1 tsp yeast
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 4 eggs

Kottu roti

30 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Kottu roti, a traditional dish from Sri Lanka

A delicious Sri Lankan street food delight!

  • 4 roti
  • 200 g cabbage
  • 100 g carrot
  • 1 onion
  • 2 eggs
  • 300 g chicken
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp curry powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp oil

Rice and curry

60 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Rice and curry, a traditional dish from Sri Lanka

A fragrant and flavorful Sri Lankan delight!

  • 300 g basmati rice
  • 400 ml coconut milk
  • 500 g chicken
  • 1 onion
  • 4 garlic
  • 2 tbsp ginger
  • 2 tbsp curry powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 200 g vegetable

What do people eat in Sri Lanka?

The three dishes from Sri Lanka documented in Copper are Egg hoppers, Kottu roti and Rice and curry. Chicken and coconut milk each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are fried. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 19 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Sri Lanka?

The three recipes need 19 ingredients between them, of which 5 are shared by more than one dish. Curry powder is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 8 use curry powder. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Sri Lanka take?

Kottu roti is the quickest at 30 minutes. Egg hoppers is the longest at 60 minutes. The median is 60 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Sri Lanka is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Sri Lanka here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Kottu roti is the shortest way in.

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