Mouth watering food like ‘Koththu’, ‘Strings’, ‘Hoppers’, ‘Pittu’, ‘Kadala’, Fried Rice & Fried Meats are emerging to be popular tasty delights for discerning travelers & locals as delicious economical alternatives.

“Koththu” has become a delicacy made of cut pieces of flatbread (Roti) blended with a choice of meat (Chicken, Beef, Mutton, etc.) blended with Egg, Spices, fresh Vegetables, sauteed with ‘tempered’ Garlic, Onion, Green Chilli, Tomato & Cheese all stir fried on a very hot metal plate & served steaming hot with a spoon.

Strings are ‘String Hoppers’, a kind of Asian ‘pasta’ or ‘noodles’ steam boiled in the early hours of the day specially prepared for breakfasts. These stringy vermicelli-like thin Noodle pieces can be used later during the day as an alternative to flat bread or Roti to create a different version of ‘Koththu’ along with the other ingredients that go into creating the succulent ‘Koththu’ mix. ‘Pittu’ is made of rice, toasted flour & coconut blended & steamed in a piece of ‘bamboo’ and served with coconut milk and meat & meat gravy & Chilli Chutney

Street Food in Sri Lanka is a recent emergence which is becoming popular with both locals & foreigners after it began to proliferate in Singapore, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia & Malaysia and other far eastern countries in the last few decades.