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Commonly served vegan
Dishes that are traditionally served vegan
Breakfast rice flour pancakes made with coconut milk and a pinch of sugar. Make sure: no eggs are added
Hoppers or Aappa
String shaped rice flour dough cakes, made with coconut and sugar
String Hoppers or Idiyappam
Red lentil curry made with coconut milk and local spices, usually served with rice
Masoor Dhal
Local steamed/fresh green leaves salad, mixed with onions, coconut, lime and green chilies. Make sure: no butter is used
Mallung
Semolina pudding made with sugar and cashew nuts. Make sure: no ghee is used
Kesari
Traditional stew made from beetroot, coconut milk and local spices. Make sure: no ghee is used
Beetroot curry
Steamed rice flour cakes made with coconut and salt
Pittu or Pottu
Wheat flour flatbread
Roti
White rice cooked in coconut milk, usually served with pickled vegetables
Kiribath
Rice flour deep fried buns, made with sugar and cardamom
Kevum
Dark soft candy made from jaggery, coconut milk, and rice flour
Kalu dodol
Rice flour based sweet, made with cashew nuts, sugar and spices
Aluwa
Traditional mix of pickled onions, carrots and peppers, made with dates, chili and local spices
Malay Achcharu
Deep-fried salty snack made from rice flour and coconut
Pani Walalu
Sri Lanka special sweet coconut usually sold fresh
King Coconut Water
Dishes that can be Veganized
Dishes that are not vegan by default, but can be made so, by asking to remove or change part of the ingredients.
Pan-fried roti (wheat bread) with veggies, eggs/ meat, onion, garlic and spices. To veganize: ask for no meat or eggs
Kottu
Rice, curry and coconut milk. May contain butter, meat or eggs. To veganize: ask for vegetarian curries without eggs, butter or ghee
Rice and Curry
White rice with coconut, chili and spices, can be made with dried fish flakes. To veganize: ask for no fish
Pol Sambol
Fried rice with vegetables, eggs and sometimes meat or shrimp paste. To veganize: ask for no eggs, meat or shrimp paste
Nasi Goreng
Dishes that are not vegan, but appear to be
Dishes that might look vegan, but contain animal products.
Sweet coconut stuffed crepes made with eggs and milk
Pani Pol
Coconut and jaggery pudding made with eggs and usually with milk
Watalappam
Seafood broth used as a base for different dishes
Kool
Peanut and rice crackers usually made with eggs
Rempeyek
Traditional vegetarian curry, made with honeycomb tripe
