| Sri Lanka is a tiny tear drop shaped island in the | | | | About Sri Lankan food- |
| Indian Ocean. It is the essence of South Asia, you | | | | The island is the home of two main traditional |
| can find the attractions of neighbouring India and | | | | cultures: the Sinhalese (centered in the ancient cities |
| Maldives in this land which is a hundred times smaller | | | | of Kandy and Anuradhapura) and the Tamil (centered |
| than India. Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) is a small island | | | | in the city of Jaffna). In more recent times a British |
| in the Indian ocean of 65,000 square kilometers. Sri | | | | colonial culture was added, and lately Sri Lanka, |
| Lanka has a population of 18.5 million, a tropical | | | | particularly in the urban areas, has experienced a |
| climate, lush green forests and rich history. | | | | dramatic makeover in the western mold. |
| Around 400,000 tourists visit the country each year | | | | Traditional food- |
| to take in the sun the sea and the sand. Sri Lanka is | | | | Sri Lankan have added western influences to the |
| a great tourist destination and has a wide range of | | | | customary diet such as rice and curry, pittu (mixture |
| geographic features and is rich in natural beauty. | | | | of fresh rice meal, very lightly roasted and mixed |
| Large parts of the country are covered in tropical | | | | with fresh grated coconut, then steamed in a |
| forests, with hundreds of rivers flowing through | | | | bamboo mould)., Kiribath (cooked in thick coconut |
| them, often cascading in awesome waterfalls. | | | | cream for this unsweetened rice-pudding which is |
| Famous for the production and export of tea, | | | | accompanied by a sharp chili relish called "lunumiris"),, |
| coffee, coconuts and rubber, Sri Lanka boasts a | | | | wattalapam (rich pudding of Malay origin made of |
| progressive and modern industrial economy and the | | | | coconut milk, jaggery, cashew nuts, eggs, and |
| highest per capita income in South Asia. The natural | | | | various spices including cinnamon cloves and nutmeg), |
| beauty of Sri Lanka's tropical forests, beaches and | | | | Kottu & hoppers, batter cooked rapidly in a hot |
| landscape, as well as its rich cultural heritage, make it | | | | curved pan, accompanied by eggs, milk or savouries. |
| a world famous tourist destination. | | | | |