Sri Lankan Food is one of the most tastiest and intricate cuisines from the whole of South Asia. Because it is closely located to South India Sri Lankan cuisine is much similar in taste to South Indian food. With the influences from colonization Sri Lanka currently has a combination of mixed cuisines along with its traditional dishes. Rice being it staple meal is found in any occasion and is consumed daily by any household in the country. A Sri Lankan meal comes complete with a spicy curry which makes it absolutely scrumptious.
Some Sri Lankan dishes have a remarkable similitude to Kerala cuisine which may be because of the comparable geography and agriculture. The curries used for eating steamed rice is normally a curry of chicken, mutton, fish or pork and many other curries of vegetables, lentils and so on. The specialty of Sri Lankan cuisine is that every dish has a touch of spice which adds the unique taste and flavor to the dish. In the traditional food in Sri Lanka you find side dishes or condiments like pickles, sambols and chutneys which boost up the appetite of a meal. The most famous side dish of all times in Sri Lanka is the coconut sambol which is a delicious meal made of scraped coconut mixed well with chilies, lime juice and Maldive fish. A meal prepared at many auspicious moments is the kiribath which is also known as milk rice is eaten with a spicy sambol known as lunumiris.
If you are visiting Sri Lanka you should taste different meals from different parts of the country because the taste, spices added, preparation methods used differ from region to region and has its own distinctive tang. Other types of food you would like to try out would be hoppers, pittu, lamprais, roti and so much more. You will surely get to taste some alluring Sri Lankan dishes if you reserve yourself one of the Sri Lanka hotels. A wonderful place to lodge in would be Jetwing Lagoon which is a Sri Lanka Spa Resort which would serve you with the best Sri Lankan food.