Kevum

Kevum
	Konda Kavum
Type	Sweet
Course	Dessert
Place of origin	Sri Lanka
Main ingredients	Rice flour, Treacle
	Media: Kevum;

Kevum or Kavum (Template:Lang-si) is a deep-fried Sri Lankan sweet made from rice flour and kithul (sugar-palm) treacle, with a number of variants adding additional ingredients. It is also known as oil cake. Kevum is traditionally given and consumed during celebrations of Sinhala New Year.^[1]

History

Kevum is mentioned in ancient Sri Lankan texts including the Ummagga Jatakaya, Saddharma Ratnawaliya and Pujawaliya.^[1]

Varieties

The Dhathuwansaya, an ancient Sinhala text, mentions 18 kinds of kevum including Sedhi Kevum, Mun Kevum, Ulundu Kevum, Uthupu (shaped using a coconut shell) and Ginipu (fire kevum).^[2]

Konda kevum (Template:Lang-si) - hair kevum is the most common variant. It has a dark reddish color. The dough of rice flour and kithul treacle is flavored with salt and cardamom. Konda (Template:Lang-si) is the Sinhala word for a lock of hair, a shape the konda kevum resembles. It is shaped by hand and without a special mold.
Naran kevum (Template:Lang-si) - mandarin kevum is the size and shape of a mandarin, colored yellow with saffron. Green gram flour and scraped coconut are added to the basic kevum mix of rice flour and treacle.^[2]
Thala kevum (Template:Lang-si) - sesame kevum have sesame in the kevum dough.
Undu kevum (Template:Lang-si) - dal kevum is kevum flavored with urad dal.
Mun kevum (Template:Lang-si) - gram kevum adds green gram flour and saffron to the kevum mix of rice flour and treacle. The kevum are diamond shaped and yellow.
Handi kevum (Template:Lang-si) - spoon kevun is flavored with cumin and fennel.

References

^ ^a ^b "Of Kiribath, Kavum and Kokis". Daily News. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b Kariyawasam, Dayananda (13 April 2003). "Naran and Sedhi kavum". Sunday Times. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

External links

Aluth Avurudu Recipe: Kavum (Oil Cake) on inside.lk

[ad-1] "Of Kiribath, Kavum and Kokis". Daily News. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

[kariyawasam-2] Kariyawasam, Dayananda (13 April 2003). "Naran and Sedhi kavum". Sunday Times. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

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