Why Sri Lanka is vegan's haven?

The simple answer for this is, yes it is. This island country offers lots than your expectation. It is a tropical country with tons of fresh fruits and vegetables. Even you are a meat lover, you will probably love those vegan cousins.

I was born and rises in Sri Lanka. Here, people don't much aware of the vegan concept. But they already don't use lots of animals product for their cousins. Normally Sri Lankans uses coconut milk, coconut oil, vegetable oil or sunflower oil, and tons of spices for the foods. Due to religious background, Many Buddist people ignore animal products and become vegetarian as far as they can. I also try to stop my consumption of all animal products recently and I probably understood it is not hard here. Many people like to eat rice with varieties of curries as their main dish. but it is not the only thing. So many other options are available at any place in the country. I can 100% guaranty, those are delicious. Let's delve into the story.

Fresh Papaya

What can eat for breakfast?

Breakfast is very important to start an afresh energetic day. I love to take fresh fruits for my breakfast. Here, you can find many fruits varieties at a very reasonable price like watermelon, Avocado, Papaya, Banana, Mango, pineapple, and more. when you are in the hill country, there are lots of fresh strawberries, cherries, peach. 

When I am in a new place, my curiosity wakes me up and pushes me to try new foods. I know, you also like me.

Sri Lanka offers very unique fruits

Would apple is my favorite. Its taste is a little bit sour and sweet and really good as a smoothy.  Guana, manguse, rambutan, durians are some of the other things you need to taste.

Next, delve into traditional vegan meals. Milk rise is a very famous meal make with rice and coconut milk. It is eating with lunumiris ( It is making with chopped onions, chillis, salt, and lemon ). Normally, this dish is making for breakfast. But it plays a major role in Sri Lankan culture. People make milk rice to celebrate their happy moments like birthdays, weddings, new Year and so many other occasions.

Bread with coconut sambal, dhal curry, or potato curry is my thing. Even taking more cabs is not healthy but this combination is mouthwatering. You can also take a piece of bread with jam or peanut butter. In here, you can find soo much delicious jam which made with pineapple, strawberry, papaya or especially would apple. 

Ayurveda Drink

Another best vegan meal to start a day is string hoppers with curries or hoppers with lunu miris. Actually, those are normal foods Sri Lankan people eat in their day-to-day life, even though they are vegan or not. That is why, I told you earlier, being vegan here is not difficult.

If you take a tour of the upcountry, you'll definitely get lost in the spectacular scenery of vegetable farms. Does it make sense, how easy to be vegan here?

Lunch is important

After feeding yourself with good breakfast, You will be exciting to carving your lunch with a full heart. Sri Lanka is the best rice-producing country in South East Asia. Because of that, you will not be wonder, why these people love rice and curry this much. I feel sad, If I miss rice and curry at least one meal for the day. Some people like to eat rice and curries for their all meals in a day. Are you feel so boring?

Sri Lankan Curries are amzing....

We make hundreds of different varieties of curries to go with rice. Those are very colorful and delicious. I am not going to lie, those are really spicy. We love spices soo much. But trust, it is worth trying those curries, you will addict to that taste. 

My mom's always trying to add different types of curries to ensure all nutrients add to our bodies. Normally, the plate fill with those rice and curries look like a rainbow. Those menus always changed day by day. So, it doesn't become a boring dish anymore. To add flavors, we add coconut oil, coconut milk, and tons of different herbs and spices. In Sri Lankan cooking, we don't use gee or any other animal products like yogurts, cheese, or curds. If people eat animal products, they make them as a different curry but sometimes they add a small amount of Maldive fish. You can ask it and clarify before eating. 

My favorite curries are Mango curry, Young jack fruit curry, mature jack fruit curry, Vegetable pickle, Batu Moju( made with Brinjal), Chawshunut curry, Coconut sambal, Mallun and so many. I highly recommend trying those amazing meals that take real Sri Lankan feeling. 

 

Sri Lankan rice and curries

Dinner is here!

Having a crazy day, you probably try to refill your energy as possible. Food is the best mindful way to make a smile on my face at the end of the day. If you like you can also enjoy your rice with a new version call fried rice. At any night restaurant, you can find vegetable rice. At the same time, there is a secret recipe, you should try at night call Vegetable Kottu. Many tourists getting married to kottu every single night there were in Sri Lanka. It is like Sri Lankan night junk food, everywhere there is a Kottu. It is not healthy that much, because it is full of cabs. So, try this one, but don't be addicted.

This post is not enough to describe all-vegan meals you can find here, there are plenty more. Now, I take time to say some unique dishes in here. Something named Pittu made by rice flor is a nice meal add your stomach. If you got a chance to see how it make in a traditional way, you probably be amazed. The villagers use a piece of bamboo tree, clean it, and put the mixer of coconut and rice flor into it and steam. After a 10-15 min steaming process,  they get a cylinder shep pittu. It can eat with a tomato curry with lunu minis. Some people like to eat pittu with coconut milk, banana, and sugar. 

If I don't talk about Coconut roti, it will be a big mistake. Coconut roti is made with coconut and flor and with coconut sambal or dhal curry. 

Coconut Roti

If you are digging into Sri Lankan cultural food, you will see, how coconut favor impacts their cousins.  It is really hard to cook those meals without having them. 

It is Snack time

when you are a little hungry, need something to put in.  It is not hard to find vegan snacks here, because those are everywhere. Let's start with my favorite, its name wade. So many other things you can find here.

Wade

Coconut Roti

Sri Lanka offers some wired foods for extreme travelers. Do you like to try them?