Recipes · Sri Lanka

A Sri Lankan paste of red onion and chilli pounded in a mortar, spooned onto milk rice and morning hoppers.

Sri Lankan rice cooked in coconut milk, pressed flat and cut into diamonds for new months and new babies.

A bright relish of freshly grated coconut worked with chilli, red onion and lime, ready in ten minutes flat.

Chopped roti tossed with cabbage, carrot and egg, loosened with spiced curry sauce. Sri Lanka's loudest street food.

Soft red lentils simmered in coconut milk and scented with curry leaves, pandan and a stick of cinnamon.