Though the island is small in size, Sri Lankan Recipes are pleased to introduce an astounding Sri Lankan Recipes in a wide selection of food as well as the methods of cooking. Sri Lankan recipes acquires an abundant heritage of native Sri Lankan Recipes as well as regional cooking is highly special and diverse.

Like in most countries, the common dishes are prepared in villages; to acquire specific Sri Lankan Recipes will be very difficult. They don't create recipes with the aid of a cookbook. Everything is by working through taste and adjustment of seasonings. This is how Sinhalese women prepare their dishes, and there are no women who cook similarly. Every women uses a different ingredient to prepare a Sri Lankan Recipes, therefore how they interpret a dish is entirely special. When Sinhalese women told you of a specific measurement of a seasoning or any ingredient, she will demonstrate it to you with her hand gestures. When you want to prepare a Sri Lankan Recipes, you better take a look on how the women in the country cook their meal and you must make a trial and error method of cooking the food. Once you achieve a perfect meal you should write it down so you can remember how it is created.

Old style Watalappan - Sri Lankan Dessert

Ingredients :  
 
1 teaspoonful grated nutmeg
150g (5 oz) creamed coconut
225g (8 oz) jaggery
5 eggs (size 4)

Method :  
1. Place jaggery in a pan with 50ml (2 fl oz) water.

2. Bring to the boil, and simmer until the jaggery has dissolved.

3. Dissolve the creamed coconut in 50 ml (2 fl oz ) of hot water and allow to cool.

4. Beat the eggs and strain into a 1¼ litre (2 pint) bowl.

5. Mix the jaggery and milk into the beaten eggs.

6. Add grated nutmeg. Cover bowl with greaseproof paper.

7. Steam in a pressure cooker or colander for 1 hour.

8. Alternatively the mixture can be divided into 6 ramekin dishes and steamed covered for 20      minutes in a pan of simmering water.

Sri Lankan Jaggery is an unrefined brown sugar made from the sap of the toddy palm. It is available in Sri Lankan shops in a ready-to-use form known as Kitul Treacle.
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