List of Sri Lankan sweets and desserts

This is a list of notable Sri Lankan sweets and desserts. Sri Lanka is well known throughout South Asia for sweets and desserts originating from there. Desserts are usually served as part of main meals, whereas sweets are consumed at tea times. Many Sri Lankan desserts and sweets contain domestic spices, jaggery and kithul (Caryota urens) treacle. Locally made treacle and jaggery are the most common sweeteners.

Desserts

Name	Image	Main ingredients	Remarks
Watalappam		Coconut milk, jaggery (kittul treacle), eggs, spices (cardamom, cloves)	The most popular dessert among Sri Lankan Muslims during Ramadan. Commonly served at weddings, parties and other special ceremonies.
Buffalo curd		Buffalo milk, starter culture	Popular in southern Sri Lanka for weddings, alms, and as a household dessert.
Semolina and jaggery pudding		Semolina, jaggery, milk, spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla	A less common dessert.
Avocado Crazy		Avocado, sugar, cream	Household dessert often offered in restaurants.
Kirala (Lumnitzera littorea) fruit milk		Kirala fruits, treacle	A dessert drink popular in southern Sri Lanka.
Kithul flour pudding		Kithul flour, coconut milk, jaggery or sugar, spices	A popular dessert among Sinhalese people, offered in some small restaurants.
Wood apple milk		Wood apple, coconut milk, sugar	A very popular dessert drink.
Pudding of dulya		Eggs, milk, bread crumbs, sugar, vanilla	Similar to bread pudding. Used for special occasions.
Sago pudding		Sago, sugar, milk, eggs	This is popular among the Tamil community in Sri Lanka. Mostly offered at weddings and cultural festivals.

Sweets

Name	Image	Main ingredients	Remarks
Aluwa		Rice flour, sugar, milk, butter, spices (cardamom, cloves)	Popular among Sinhalese. Served at cultural festivals.
Oil cake (konda kavum)		Rice flour, treacle, coconut milk	A very popular and culturally important Sinhalese sweet.
Bibikkan		Semolina, raisins, treacle, rice flour, scrapped coconut, spices and flavours	Similar to fruit cake.
green gram cake (mung kavum)		Rice flour, mung flour, treacle, ghee, spices	A popular Sinhalese sweet often used at cultural events.
Weli thalapa		Rice flour, coconut milk, coconut treacle, spices	Household sweet, usually served at tea time.
Aggala		Kithul treacle, rice flour, pepper	Spicy sweet. Mostly prepared for tea time in villages.
Urunda (coconut balls)		Coconut, sugar, flour, essence	Used in rituals and special events.
AsMi		Rice flour / Nanu made of Dauwul Kurundu, honey	A popular sweet prepared for tea and special events.

External links

• Sri Lankan Desserts