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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.
Athirasa (Kevum) Rice flour, treacle, coconut milk A very popular and culturally important Sinhalese sweet.
Oil Cake (Konda Kevum) Rice flour, treacle, coconut milk A very popular Sinhalese sweet. The small bump at top gives the name 'konda' (tied hair).
Bibikkan Semolina, raisins, treacle, rice flour, scrapped coconut, spices and flavours Similar to fruit cake.
Green Gram cake (Mung Kevum) 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.
Kalu Dodol Kithul Jaggery, rice flour, coconut milk, and cashew nuts Sri Lankan Dodol. Household sweet, usually served at tea time and special events.
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.
Kokis Rice flour, coconut milk Crispy biscuit-like, Of Dutch origin
Arsmi Rice flour / Nanu made of Dauwul Kurundu, honey A popular sweet prepared for tea and special events.

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