Sri Lankan Food

Sri Lanka is an island nation in South Asia close south-east India. Sri Lanka's archived history traverses 3,000 years, with confirmation of pre-historic human settlements going back to not less than 125,000 years.

Sri Lanka provides an incredible selection of food and varieties of food preparation. Sri Lankan food has been affected by numerous historical, social, and different elements. For instance, the impacts of the Dutch colonialists who once controlled Sri Lanka and carried their own particular cooking styles with them and the food of Southern India have all molded Sri Lankan cooking. Today, a portion of the staples of Sri Lankan cooking are rice, coconut, and flavors.

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Konda Kavum (Oil Cake)



 Ingredients


  1.     200 g Wheat flour
  2.     200 g White rice flour
  3.     200ml Kitul Treacle 
  4.     Oil to deep fry
  5.     Cardemon
  6.     salt


Method


  • Mixed the wheat flour and rice flour together add bit of salt and cardamon 
  • Add kitul Treacle in to the mixture slowly,and mixed until get the correct texture  (prepare a batter which the consistency is similar to a pan cake batter.) 
  • Heat oil in a shallow frying pan. Then place a spoonful of the batter into the oil 
  • Plunge a long stick skewer in the middle of the batter holding it in place.
  • Turn the batter with the spoon as it gets cooked while rotating the skewer rapidly, like a spinning top but keeping it in one place.
  • The batter soon puffs out and a tiny mound forms at the center. Continue the rotation until the kavum is fully cooked.