Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Uttapam
A Tamil speciality, this thick pancake is prepared with onion, chillies, peppers and
vegetables.
Seafood
Jaffna crab
Recipes vary but in the north tamarind and coconut are key ingredients to
bring out the flavour of this unique dish.
Ambulthiyal
This fish curry is a southern speciality, made with
goraka
, a fruit which gives it
a sour flavour.
Condiments
Pol sambol
Shredded coconut, lime juice, red onions, chilli and spices.
Lunu miris
Red onions, salt, chilli powder, lime juice and dried fish.
Desserts & Sweets
Wattalappam
(
vattalappam
in Tamil) A coconut milk and egg pudding with jaggery and car-
damom.
Pittu
Steamed in bamboo, these cylindrical cakes are made from flour and coconut.
Curd
Slightly sour cream that tastes like natural yoghurt; it's served drizzled with
kitul
treacle made from raw palm sugar.
Pani pol
A small pancake made with a sweet topping of cinnamon and cardamom-infused
jaggery.
Bolo fiado
A layered cake said to have been first introduced by the Portuguese.
