Sri Lanka is such an amazing country to experience the fascinating people, culture, traditions, and cuisine around the country. Food is a very important facet of the daily lifestyle of the people. Sri Lankan food has been renowned worldwide for its blend of fiery spices, creamy curries, rich flavors, and unique textures. The delicious dishes of Sri Lankan meals provide a staggering tasteful eating experience for the country’s visitors. Especially when you walk down the streets of Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo you would definitely able to find this so-called category of meals, ”Street Foods”. Anyone would recommend that you will find the best products of street foods in the world when you walk along the road in a sunset evening in this busy jumbled city, Colombo.
As you know Sri Lanka is a country of diverse cultures met into each other, so that the cuisine brings communities together especially during each cultural festive seasons. No festival is complete without a chance to have an opinion on authentic local food. Each culture has brought with them their own culinary traditions which have resulted in the combined appetizing traditional Sri Lankan cuisine. With the increment of demand for these yummy foods, Sri Lankan people had started to sell these flavored short eats outside either on a small cart, a vehicle or in small shops, especially in the evening. Regardless of the race both foreigners and locals are attracted to these shops and now it has become a trend considerably more in Colombo city. Colombo also has a rich history influenced by various nations from around the world mainly including Portuguese, Dutch, and British, so that affected hugely for the Sri Lankan cuisine of different tastes. Colombo is pulsating with lifestyles and food that have merged into each other, allowing for diversity throughout the island. If you landed in Sri Lanka in any part of the year, you should definitely try out this experience in the capital Colombo which will showcase an extraordinary dimension of this island paradise.
Having set the feel for the walk outside in the bustling heart of Colombo at sundown, head out to New Bazaar Street, lined with compact houses, to witness the circumstances which brought about the birth of street food in, Sri Lanka. Stop by a cart by the side of the road to sample and learn about an array of classic local tea-time accompaniments, both sweet and savory. Next head to a feast of flatbread and curries ranging from cuttlefish and beef to delicacies such as tongue or brain and always stay entertaining and enjoy the moments. End the evening with a meal by the sea, traditionally a popular haunt for much of the Colombo crowd, be it families of friends.
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Some Famous Street Foods you should try out in Sri Lanka
Isso Vadei
‘Isso Vadei’ is a delicious nosh you can find in most of the towns in Sri Lanka selling outside in a small cart or you can taste these for sure when you are traveling by train in Sri Lanka. ’Isso Vadei ’ is an orange color spicy lentil cakes that have prawns either mixed in or balanced on top. These are wonderful quick bites for the people walking around the blustery seafronts in Colombo.
Samosas
When you take a stroll around Pettah’s central station, filled with numerous food stalls you will certainly find these ‘Samosas’. Vegetable samosas are a staple of Sri Lankan cuisine and while they can practically be found all over the city, they are particularly popular in this area. These triangle-shaped Samosas are made by frying up flatbread stuffed with a mixture of vegetables and spices and yeah, it’s really yummy and spicy.
Kottu
‘Kottu’ is known as the king of Sri Lankan street food and it’s marvelously one of the tasteful dishes found in Sri Lanka. The dish is made from Godhamba roti, vegetables, egg, spices and there are meat options if preferred. Though it seems like an easy enough dish to make people rarely make it at home. It is prepared on a hot cooking surface with two rectangular knives chopping the roti and accompaniments up into small pieces before it is served piping hot. Kothu is usually accompanied with sauce to put over it like Masala sauce.
Hoppers
Sri Lankans love their hoppers – a pancake bowl served with either eggs in the morning or curries in the evening. Add your own sambols called ‘Lunu Miris’ and chutneys. It is basically the Sri Lankan version of thin pancakes with crispy edges. Traditionally an egg is cracked over the bowl-shaped pancake until it cooks.
Roti
‘Roti’ is a simple Sri Lankan flatbread made with wheat flour and added ingredients create different varieties like Thengappu made with dried coconut flakes and Uraippu Roti made with chopped onions and green chilies. Two rotis mingled together mixing with sambol or lunu miris in the middle would give you the real taste of so-called street foods.
