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කියවන්න තෑගී දෙන්න හොද පොත් 📚
වයස , කැමැත්ත අනුව....

අපි කියවන සමහර පොත් තියෙනවා.. ඒවා ලස්සනයි.., ඒත් කියවලා ඉවර උනාම ජීවිතේට ගන්න දෙයක් නෑ.. 
හරියට මාලනී බුලත්සින්හල මහත්මියගෙ සින්දුවක කියනවා වගේ

බෝල ලොසින්ජර දිව රහ කෙරුවට...

ඒකෙන් ඇගට ගුනයක් දෙන්නෙ නැහැ වගේ. තාවකාලික රසයක් විතරයි

එත් වටිනා හොද පොත් තියෙනවා හැමදාමත් ජීවිතේට වටිනාකමක් , හරවත් දෙයක් ලබා දෙන.. ඇතැම් පොත් ජීවිතේට බලාපොරොත්තු දෙනවා. අපිව ජීවත් කරනවා.
ඉතින් මම හිතුවා එක එක වයස් ඛාන්ඩ වලට ගැලැපෙන හොද පොත් ටිකක් ගැන ලියන්න. 
පොත් අපේ නෙත් වගේ කියන්නේ .. පොත් ඒ තරන් වටින නිසානෙ. ඉතින් කාට හරි තෑගි දෙන්නත් පොත් කදිමයි.
20% වගේ වට්ටම් ලබා දෙන මේ සාහිත්‍යය මාසේ පොත් එකතු කර ගත්තොත් පොකට් එකටත් වාසියි.
උපන්දිනයකට , අලුත් අවුරුද්දට , ඒ විතරක් නෙවෙයි ලෙඩ වෙලා ඉන්න කෙනෙක් බලන්න යනකොට වුණත් පොතක් අරන් යන එක වටිනවා.

10-15 අතර දරුවන්ට හොද පොත්
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1. හරි පුදුම ඉස්කොලෙ - ලීලානන්ද ගමාච්චි
2. සතුට බෙදන පොලියානා
3. Secret seven book series, 
4. Lunch money book series
5. Anne frank's diary
6. Roald dhal'ස් books
7. Oliver twist
8. Little women
9. අපුරු යාලුවො- ලාල් ප්‍රේමනාත් මැල්
10. දග මල්ල සහ අමුතු ඉස්කොලෙ ගන්ගා නිරොශිනී සුදු වැලිකන්ද.
11. Longman classics series : stage 1 ,2,3,4
12. Haidi
13. Little house on the praire by Laura I. wild
14. ගංගා නිරෝෂිණි සුදුවැලිකන්ද අතින් පරිවර්තනය වූ ලෝරා ඉන්ගල්ස් වයිල්ඩර් ලියූ ලිට්ල් හවුස් කතා මාලාව
15. 7 habbits of effective teenager : Stephen Covey
16. Rich dad and poor dad: Robert Kiyosaki
17. Around the world in 80 days

Motivational English books
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1. Screw it, lets do it by Richard Branson 
2. How to win friends and influence people :Dale Carnage
3. Life without limits : Nick Vujicic 
4. Unstoppable , the incredible power of faith in action by Nick Vujicic
5. How to stop worrying and start living :Dale Carnegie
6. Chicken soup for the soul and other books
7. One good deed- 365 days of trying to be just a little bit better by Erin M.

වෙනත් හොද පොත්
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1. අපූගේ ලෝකය චින්තා ලක්ශ්මී සින්හ ආරච්චි
2. අපරාජිත ජීවිතයක් චින්තා ලක්ශ්මී සින්හ ආරච්චි
3. අරනකට පෙම් බැද :චින්තා ලක්ශ්මී සින්හ ආරච්චි
4. ජයසේන ජයකොඩි මහතාගෙ කතා පෙල. පිච්ච මල, අරලිය මල් ආරාමය, සුදු නෙලුම, 
5. තෙර තරනය ජයසේන ජයකොඩි
6. නෝටී ශාන් - වෛද්‍ය පැතුම් කර්න්
7. Living an enriched life by Dale Carnegie 
8. Who will cry when you die - life lessons from the monk who sold his ferrari by Robin Sharma
9. දුවකගෙ කදුලු - සුරන්ගි ද අල්විස්
10. එකොමත් එක දවසක - දයා ද අල්විස්
11. අසිරි සිරිනි පොත් පෙළ - හේමන්ති සමරජීව
12. The Art of Stress Free Living – Regina Bonsel
13. Not without my daughter
14. Maha purushayekuta biridakwa
15. Ata massa or The gadfly
16. Anthima dumriya
17.අප දෙදෙනා මද මහමුහුද : ඉසුරු චාමර සෝමවීර 
18. මලක් කතා කරයි : ඉසුරු චාමර සෝමවීර

බුද්දාගම පොත්
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1. මහ රහතුන් වැඩි මග ඔස්සේ පොත් පෙල ඉන්ද්‍රජිත් සුභසින්හ
2. නියම බෞද්ධයා
3. Rerukane chandha wimala theros book series
4. පසුතැවීම -කුකුල්පනේ සුදස්සී හිමි
5. අතහැරීම: කුකුල්පනේ සුදස්සී හිමි
6. ඉවසීම: කුකුල්පනේ සුදස්සී හිමි
7. සිනාසෙන සුදු හාමුදුරුවෝ පොත් පෙළ - පරිවර්තනය සමරසිංහ ගුණසේකර

For young parents
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1. ඉස්කෝලෙට භාර දීම සරත් විජෙසුරිය
2. ආදරනිය දෙමාපියනි සරත් විජෙසුරිය
3. 7 habbits of effective families by Stephen covey
4. The secrets of happy families by Bruce Feiler
5. Calmer, easier happier parenting by Noel Janice

චරිත කතා
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1. Richard Barnson's - Iosing my virginity
2. Nelson Mandela
3. Becoming : Michelle Obama
4. Meghan a hollywood princess by andrew mortan
5. I am malala by malala yousafzai
6. කමලා දාස් මගේ කතාව :පරිවර්තනය කරුනාතිලක හදුන්පතිරන

කාව්‍ය පොත්
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1. කහට ගවුමක අයිතිකාරිය :කෞශල්යා ජයලත්
2. එක කවියක් රුපියලයි : දේවිකා ගොවින්නගේ
3. අනබිසෙස් අනබිනික්මන් : ලක්ශාන්ත අතුකෝරාල
4. සමහර කමටහන් :ලක්ශාන්ත අතුකෝරාල
5. කම්කරුවන්ගේ තේ වෙලාව :පරාක්‍රම කොඩිතුවක්කු 
6. රශ්මි :පරාක්‍රම කොඩිතුවක්කු

කාට හරි හිතෙනවනම් දැ න් කලේ පොත් හරි ගනන්.. කාටද ඔවට සල්ලි තියෙන්නේ.. එහෙමත් නැත්නම් ඔයා ගොඩාක් පොත් කියවන කෙනෙක්නම් මහජන පුස්තකාලක සාමජිකත්වය ලබා ගන්න. රුපියල් 100 ට අඩුවෙන් අවුරුද්ද පුරාම පොත් කියවන්න පුලුවන්.

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සිංගප්පුරු චාරිකාවක් අඩු මුදලින් යන්න ප්ලෑන් කරමු ද ? 

Singapore here we come!!!!

මම මේක ලියන්න ගත්තේ ගොඩාක් අයට මේ  ප්රශ්නේ  ඇති. මම වගේම travel කරන්න කැමති එත් budget එක ගැනත් හිතන අයට මේ  ලිපිය ප්රයෝජනයක් වේවි කියල හිතනවා. වැඩියෙන් මුදල් හා කාලය තියෙන අයට  මේක එතරම් ප්රයෝජනයක් නැති වෙවී..

*කාලය*
මම හිතන්නේ මේ  රට ඉතාමත් පොඩි රටක් නිසා දින 4 ක් හෝ 5 ක් හොඳටම ඇති. දින 3නකින් බලන්න  පුළුවන් උනත් එක හරිම කලබලකාරී වේවි. ලස්සන නිවාඩුවක් මොකටද නැති කර ගන්නේ.. අපේ වියදමෙන් ලොකුම ගන්න යන්නේ ටිකට් එකට..ඉතින් එක නිසා යන එකේ හොඳට රට තොට බලලා එන එක වටිනවා
මෙහෙ දේශගුණය ලන්කවට බොහෝ දුරට සමාන නිසාවුරුද්දේ ඕනෑම කාලයක් යන්න සුදුසුයි.හැබැයි September වල hotels වළ ගණන් ගොඩක් ඉහල යනවා කියල කියනව Singapore Grand Prix ඉවෙන්ට් එක නිසා.
මම නම් දෙසම්බෙර් යන්න කැමතියි..මොකද ඒ  කාලෙට සින්ගප්පුරු city එක හරිම ලස්සනයි.. හැන්දෑවකට ඔර්චාර්ඩ් මාවතේ ගමනක් හරිම සුන්දර අත්දැකීමක් .. ගොඩක් shopping malls වල හුඟාක් හොඳ discounts ලැබෙනවා ..

*ගෙනියන්න ඕනේ මොනවද ? *
මම නම් ඉස්සර ඉඳලම කොහේ ගියත් ගෙනියන දේවල් ගැන කලින්ම සැලකිලිමත් වෙනවා..trip  එකක් ගිහිල්ල අයියෝ අරක ගෙනවනේ නැහැනේ.. මේක ගෙනාවේ නැහැනේ කියලා පශ්චත්තාප වෙන්න මම කැමති නැහැ.ඉති මගේ පුංච් Note Book එකේ ලනකවේ ට ගෙනියන ලිස්ට් එකක් සහ පිටරට ටගෙනියන බඩු  ලිස්ට් එකක් තියෙනවා ... මගේ මුළු ලිස්ට් එකම මේකේ දාන්න පුළුවන් කමක් නැහැ...එක එච්චරටම detail. :) යන රට , එහෙ දේශගුණය, ඒ රටේ ඇති කෑම බීම වල විදිය අනුව බඩු ලිස්ට් එක පොඩ්ඩක් වෙනස් වෙනවා .
මම මගේ ලිස්ට් එකේ බඩු කීපයක් දාන්නම්
1. Passport & 2 photo copies
2. Phone and Charger
3. Power bank if you take photos and videos
4. Exchanged Money   & credit cards
5. Your name card with your hotel address and mobile
6. Few denims
7. Few casual tops
8. Good pair of walking shoes and socks
9. A shawl inside your backpack or handbag
10. A small water bottle
11. Some snacks
12. Your personal medicine kit
13. your toiletry pack
14. Sunglasses
15. Shopping list
16.Sunscreen and other lotions
17. Sri Lankan gifts for friends or hosts if you stay in homestays

*Flight  tickets *
වගකිවයුතු තැනකින් tickets ගන්න.. අඩු ගානට ගිහින් හොරුන්ට අහුවෙන්න නම් එපා කීප තැනකින් චෙච්ක් කරලා බලන්න. එයාලගේ ticket conditions තියෙන්නේ ගොඩාක් පොඩි අකුරින්..එක හොඳට කියවන්න.. meals ticket එකට ayithida ?එයාල ticket price එක විදියට දුන්නේ base fare එකද නැත්නම් total ticket price එකද අහන්න . හදිස්සින්වත් tickets date වෙනස් කරන්න උනොත් cost එකත් අහන්න..සමහර වෙලාවට ඒ cost එක ගොඩාක් වැඩි. weekend paththara වල tour agents ලගෙනුත් ideas ගන්න පුළුවන් . Internet  එකේ search කරන්න හොඳ deals online හොයාගන්නත් පුළුවන්.

*Transport in Singapore*
When visiting Singapore for a few days, I recommend getting the Singapore Tourist Pass EZlink that gives you unlimited travel on public buses and MRT trains for up to 3 consecutive days for just $30. A $10 deposit for the card is inclusive of the price and totally refundable.
නමුත් ඔබට කාලය ගොඩාක් අඩුවෙන් නම් තියෙන්නේ .. ඒ  වගේම ඔයා එක්ක දෙන්නෙක් තුන් දෙනෙක් ඉන්නවනම් meter taxi පාවිච්චි කරන එක ලාබ  වෙන්න පුළුවන්. මොකද සමහර විට ඇතැම් තැන වලට යන්න bus එකක් එනකම් ඉන්න කාලේ අපරාදේ.

*බැලිය යුතු තැන් *
මම දන්නා හුඟාක් ය සෙන්තෝසා වගේ හරිම ප්රසිද්ධ  තැන් බලනවා...එත් තව දේවල් තියෙනවා අපි බැලිය යුතුම.. විශේෂයෙන් ළමයි ඉන්නවනම්.
මේ තියෙන්නේ හැමෝම බලන සහ වැඩිය කට්ටිය හිතන්නේ නැති එත්  හරිම ලස්සන සහ අපිට ප්රයෝජනයක් වෙන ස්ථාන ලිස්ට් එකක් .
දවල් දවසේ open තැන් දවල්ට බලලා රෑටත් open නම් ඒවා රෑට බලන එකෙන් ඔයාගේ කාලය උපරිම විදියට පාවිච්චි කරන්න පුළුවන්.

////සෙන්තෝසා /////
බලන්න ගොඩාක් දේවල් තියෙනවා. එක නිසා එහෙට දවස් 2 ක් හෝ 3 ක් තියන්න වෙනවා

• S.E.A. Aquarium
• Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
• Universal Studios
• Wings of Time
• Butterfly Park & Insect Kingdom
• Resorts World Sentosa
• Maritime Museum
• Trick Eye Museum
• Adventure Cove Waterpark
• Lake of Dreams
• Fort Siloso

සෙන්තෝසා වලට බස් එකේ , taxi  එකේ, cable car එකෙවගේම train  එකේ යන්න පුළුවන්.
There is a free shuttle bus service from Beach Station that runs regularly to all the attractions during opening hours. The Sentosa Express train (Sentosa Station) from Vivo City stops at Waterfront, Imbiah and Beach Stations on Sentosa. The Sentosa Express ticketing office is on Level 3 of Vivo City. Train ticket is $4.
Alternatively, there is a bus service RWS8 in front of Vivo City to Sentosa (bus fare is $1)

///Gardens by the Bay///
Location: 18 Marina Gardens Drive, Singapore 018953
Open: Daily from 5am to 2am
මෙතන නම් පුදුමාකාර ලස්සනක්. මිහිපිට දෙව්ලොවක් වගේ. අනිව්වර්යේන්ම යන්න. මම කියන්නනේ මෙතනට හවසට යන්න කියලා. හවසට යන එකේ වාසි කීපයක් තියෙනවා. Night lights බලන්න ගොඩාක් ය රෑට එනවා..එතකොට වාඩිවෙලා නිදහසේ ඉන්න තැනක් හොයාගන්න අමාරුයි ..අනිත් එක හවසට ගියාම garden එකේ daytime view එක බලලා රෑට lights එක්ක view එකත් බලලලම එන්න පුළුවන් නිසා. Your admission ticket offers full access to the waterfront gardens of Bay South, Bay East, and Bay Central, including the Cloud Forest and Flower Dome, and you can spend as long as you like exploring.

////Singapore Discovery Centre////
Location: 510 Upper Jurong Road, Singapore 638365
Open: Tuesday–Sunday from 9am to 6pm (closed on Mondays)
මේ රටේ ඉතිහාසය සහ විස්තර දැනගන්න තියෙන හොඳම තැනක් තමයි  මේ. පැය 2 ක් 3 ක් වගේ ඇතුලත බලා  ගන්න පුළුවන්

////Singapore Zoo/////
Good one for anyone. Check online and see the scheduled show times and plan your tour accordingly.
Online  ticket offers , family tickets සහ combo value ටිකට්ස් ගැන internet එකේ හොයලා අඩු  deals හොයා ගන්න
Location: 80 Mandai Lake Rd, Singapore
Monday -  Sunday : 8:30am – 6pm

////Jurong Bird Park ////
ලෝකයේ සිටිනකුරුලු  විශේෂ 5000 කට අධික ප්රමාණයක් මෙහෙදී බලාගන්න පුළුවන්
Location: 2 Jurong Hill, Singapore
Opening Hours:  Monday -  Sunday: 6pm (Last Entry- 5:30pm

////Casino///
Casino play කරේ නැති උනත් ඒ වගේ තැනක් නරබන්න යන එක ලොකු අත්දැකීමක් වේවි. එච්චරටම ලස්සනයි, කෑමත් ඉස්තරම්. තමන් එක ලිමිට් එකක් ඇතුව පොඩ්ඩක් විනෝද උනාට කමක් නැහැ. එකත් ලොකු අත්දැකීමක්.  

///KidZania Singapore///
Location: Rakan Riang Pte Ltd 1 Cove Avenue, Level 3, Block B #03-02
Open: Daily from 10am to 6pm
මේක ප්රයෝජනවත් වෙන්නේ අවුරුදු 3 සිට 10 දකවා වගේ ළමයි ඉන්න යට. ලේසියෙන් ළමයි වරුවක් දෙකක් විනෝද වෙන හොඳ experience එකක් ගන්න පුළුවන් තැනක්.

////The Singapore Flyer////
The Singapore Flyer is the world’s largest observation wheel. A one-of-a-kind experience and built over a 3-story terminal building, the Flyer is 150 metres in diameter, 165 metres high, and travels at 0.21m per second.
මේ ලගම තියෙන සුප්රසිද්ධ Raffels හෝටලයත් බලාගෙනම යන්න පුළුවන්.

///Orchard Road////
One of the city's most iconic streets, Orchard Road is the epicenter of shopping in Singapore and is similar to London’s Oxford Street or Hong Kong’s Nathan Road. So many shopping malls to checkout. There are food courts in all malls with all the cuisines in Asia. Try different food types.

///China Town///
Chinatown is known for its restaurants, its food shops, for clothes and sourvenier shopping. සිංගප්පුරුවේ අනිත් ප්රදේශ වලට සාපේක්ෂව පිරිසිදු කම මෙහේ අඩුයි කියල්ල මට හිතුනා. ටිකක් කලබල කාරියි.  එත් පොඩි වෙලාවකට බලන්න යන්න. Buddha Tooth Relic Temple එකටත් මේ ගමන්ම යන්න පුළුවන්. මෙතනට වදින්න යනකොට අර handbag  එකේ තියන් ඉන්න shawl  එක ප්රයෝජනවත් වේවි. නැතත් එයාලා එතනින් රෙදි සපයනවා. The architecture represents the Tang Dynasty of ancient Buddhist. The Temple complex has four storeys. But the real attraction is housed in the 4th floor of the Sacred Light hall. The Giant Stupa in which the Buddha Tooth Relic is perched weighs 3.5 tons and is made with 320 kgs of pure gold.
Location: 158 Telok Ayer Street

////Beer Making at Tiger Brewery////
This shows you the full course of beer making, an exciting interactive tour which includes ample beer tastings. You would be given to taste hops and several other ingredients prior visiting the packaging area in the brewery to look and learn the process of bottling. At Tiger Brewery, you can learn the insights of beer making; from milling to mashing and from fermentation to filtration.
Location: 459 JIn Ahmad Ibrahim Singapore 639934
Timing: Tuesday To Sunday : 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm; 4:00pm, 5:00pm

/////Singapore Botanical Garden ////
Singapore Botanic Garden is listed in the World’s Heritage Sites. Free entry.
Location: 1 Cluny Rd, Singapore
Timing: Monday - Sunday :  5am–12am

///Bugis Street///
මම මෙතනට Shopping ගිහිල්ලා නැහැ..හැබැයි ගියපු ය කියනවා ගොඩක් ලාබෙට දේවල් ගන්න තියෙනවා යා යුතුමයි කියලා. Quality  එක ගැන මම කියන්න දන්නේ නැහැ මම ගිහිල්ලා නැති නිසා. ඊළඟ පාරවත් බලමු.
Location:  3 New Bugis Street, Singapore
Timings: Monday - Sunday:  11am - 11pm

////Little India///
Mini India is famous for its foods and Indian culture. Some of the famous shops in the district include traditional sari shops, goldsmith shops, and etc. the main festival in this region is Diwali when the streets light up with eye-catching colourful lights.
ඔයාට වෙලාව මදිනම් මේක ඇත ඇරියට කමක් නැහැ කියලා මම හිතනවා.

///Helix Bridge///

The footbridge, originally known as Double Helix Bridge connects the Marina Centre and South Marina Bay over the Singapore River. It is world’s first curved bridge and was opened to the public in 2010.

Today, the Helix Bridge is a prominent Landmark of the country. The Bridge’s look represents the human DNA structure depicting ‘rebirth and growth’ and is architected with intricate mesh and tubular designs. The length of the bridge is 280 meters long and is built using stainless steel weighing 650 tonnes. It is illuminated with hundreds of LED lights at night and is spectacular to gaze at.

////Esplanade Theatres On The Bay///

Nicknamed "The Durian" because of its resemblance to the smelly fruit, the Esplanade is a performing arts centre with all kinds of events and happenings. It contains theatres, a library, and various art galleries. ලස්සන නිර්මාණයක්.. එලියෙන් හරි බලාගෙන යන්න

///Science Centre///

Science Centre Singapore is an educational family attraction that was designed as a fun way to show kids about the wonders of science. You can easily spend a day here but don’t expect to be able to explore it all in a single outing as there are more than 1,000 interactive exhibits on display.  Open Daily from 10am to 6pm. මගේ දුව ගොඩාක් enjoy කරපු සහ ගොඩාක් දේවල් expereince කරපු place  එකක් මේ. ඉස්කෝලේ යන ළමයින්ව අනිවාර්යෙන් එක්ක යන්න. තව දවසක් යන්න තරම් වටිනවා.

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• පස්පෝර්ට් එකේ නුම්බෙර් එක සහ එකේ ඇතුලේ පිටුවේ, විසා පිටුවේ ෆොටෝ එකක් මොබිලේ එකේ තිය ගන්න.. එක ඔයාගේ Email එකටත් දල තියන්න්න... ඔයාගේ bags ඔක්කොම නැති උනත් එකෙන් ඔයාට ලොකු ප්රයෝජනයක් වේවි

• Do your shopping research before going there. A mall may has thousands of shops and you will not have time to go everywhere unless your main intention is shopping  . Search online and select the shops you really need to visit to.

• I use google maps a lot when I travel. It has saved a lot my money and time. Sometimes it shows short cuts and you can walk to places than taking taxis. When you know the road the taxi drivers will not take you unnecessary long tours.

• I also buy a local sim card with a data package as it helps me to take cabs, use google maps. If you fond of updating social media this would be helpful too. Most of the countries I visited data packages were cheap than Sri Lanka. :)

• I normally use credit cards(with a control) as I dont have to carry money a lot and easy for me to handle as i can check all my transactions whenever I want.

• If you plan to do shopping you need to have an idea of the current exchange rate and quickly convert and check if its worth to buy.

• You should have an extra cloth set in your hand carry bag in case if your check in luggages get a delay to arrive. So that you can survive a day without having to spend on buying new clothes.

• Finally Singapore laws are very strict and they really follow the rules and fine. For putting garbage it was about 100$ if I remember right. So act wisely. No Food Consumption on Public Transportation.

තව  මොනවද දැනගන්න අවශ්ය කිව්වොත් උත්තර දෙන්නම්

Complete Guide: 24 Must Try Delicious Food to Taste while Traveling in Sri Lanka

There are many articles that cover what you need to eat in Sri Lanka while many of those articles show just a glimpse of delicious food in Sri Lanka.

The aim of this article is to give a complete insight into the most delicious food in Sri Lanka and where those are best eaten at in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan Rice & Curry

1. Rice & Curry

Rice and curry is the staple food in Sri Lanka. Some have it for all 3 main meals and loves it all the time. At least they eat it once a day at a minimum. So you should not miss their staple food when you visit the country. Rice and curry is available everywhere ranging from home cooked meals, small shops to 5 star hotels. Ideally it has red or white rice, some curries such as Dhal curry cooked in coconut milk, green leaves cooked with scraped coconut flesh, papadam and fish, chicken, shrimp, calamari or egg. You need to combine a little from everything and make a small ball shape and put it into your mouth. Eating using your hands gives a better taste than using fork or spoon.

Price: You can buy rice and curry packet for about 200 Sri Lankan rupees from a small shop. If you need to enjoy it in a good scale head to Raja bojun(http://www.rajabojun.lk) for their Sri Lankan lunch buffet or Nuga Gama at Cinnamon grand hotel(http://www.cinnamonhotels.com/dining.php?hotel=3251&dine=7396).

If you are a vegetarian, try the Sri Lankan rice and curry at Paradise café next to Sambudda Jayanthi mandiraya, Colombo 04.

Tip: You might feel bit spicy if you are not used to Sri Lankan curry taste, the trick is reduce the amount of curry that you use in a single mouthful and increase the amount of rice you combine until you get used to it. Sometimes you can ask the waiter to put less chilles.

Se food fresh and tasty

Raw sea food

2. Sea Food

Sea food is abundance in Sri Lanka. You can find fresh shrimp, calamari, fish, squid everywhere you eat. They are prepared in many different ways and all of those dishes are scrumptious. Sea food is bit expensive compared to Sri Lankan prices but cheap when comparing to other countries. Mouthwatering grilled jumbo prawns and batter fried calamari are heavenly.

Sea food is great at 5 star hotels such as Kingsbury and Cinnamon Grand. Also you can eat sea food at any Chinese restaurants at a low price. If you like to eat the sea food in Japanese style, Naniyori at Nawala is reasonably priced and fresh.

Healthy Fruits

3. Tropical Fruits

Sri Lanka is filled with a vast variety of tropical fruits. The best place to see the local fruits is to go for a local market. Some fruits are seasonal while some are throughout the year. There are more than 10 varieties of bananas available in Sri Lanka. The records say there are 200 odd fruits types are available in Sri Lanka.

Go to a local market and buy a basket full of fruits and savor and they will make you healthy, hydrated in natural way. If you are not sure how to eat and what to eat ask for help. Sri Lankans would love to help you. Avoid drinking soda, caffeine and always drink fruit juices as they are tasty and also healthy.

String Hoppers

4. String Hoppers with Kiri Hodi, Chicken curry & Pol Sambol

String hoppers are noodle like item prepared with rice flour and formed in to a circle and steam it to the perfection. String hoppers are tasty and everyone loves it. String hoppers are available everywhere during breakfast and dinner.

One person on average eats about 15 – 25 string hoppers. There are red string hoppers made of red rice and white from white rice.

Making Hoppers

5. Hoppers & Egg Hoppers

Hoppers are made from rice flour and thick creamy coconut milk. The batter is fermented with toddy or yeast for 6 hours and makes soft healthy hoppers which are amazingly soft in the middle and crispy at the edges. Goes very well with Chile sambal, Chicken curry or fish curry. Apart from plain hoppers and egg hoppers you can experience sweet varieties such as honey hoppers, milk hoppers. This type of hoppers is only in Sri Lanka. You can try these anywhere in Sri Lanka. Cost you only about 15- 20 Sri Lankan rupees for a hopper.

Hopper is served as a fusion dish at an upscale restaurant called Kama suthra in Colombo which is owned by renown foodie and entrepreneur Darshan Munidasa and international beauty queen model Jaqueline Ferdinandez. However the taste would be the same of hoppers everywhere and it’s up to you to decide where you would like to have hoppers.

Koththu making

6. Koththu

Koththu is a Sri Lankan dish made from a roti called Godhamba roti and originated in Batticaloa. The roti is mixed with vegetables, egg, and/or meat, and spices. Koththu can be found in almost all parts of Sri Lanka and is generally eaten for dinner. The most common varieties of koththu are chicken, egg and vegetable koththu available for vegetarians.

Cheese koththu has recently been introduced and becoming more popular.

The making of Koththu is interesting itself. It is made on a high heated iron board with 2 blunt metal pieces. The cutting up and mixing of the koththu is done using two blunt metal blades. This clashing of metal on metal creates a very distinctive sound.

CNN reported Koththu as one of the best foods to try in Sri Lanka.

Buffalo Curd and Treacle

7. Buffalo curd and Treacle

Buffalo curd also called as “Mee Kiri” in native language is a traditional and nutritious dairy product prepared from buffalo milk and it is popular throughout southern part of Sri Lanka. Often curd is served with treacle or sugar. This is eaten as a dessert and it is filling. This is more like yougurt and healthy. Mostly clay pots are used as packaging material for Buffalo curd. Buffalo curd is thick and smooth, creamy and just simply divine.

Tasty King Coconut

 

 

8. King Coconut

King coconut is called as “Thembili” in Sri Lanka. King coconut juice is called the life-giving fluid.

The water of the king coconut is probably the most nutritious and wholesome drink that nature has provided for people living in tropical countries such as Sri Lanka. It tastes sweeter than the usual coconut water.

It is commonly used Sri Lankan traditional remedy for many ailments relating to impurities in the system. It is naturally sterile and is therefore, a good substitute for saline. Coconut water is said to be an ideal drink to cure kidney disorders and dissolve kidney stones. Those suffering from difficulty in urination (stranguria), frequent urination (polyuria) and other urinary ailments could get relief by drinking coconut water.

The king coconut consists of bioactive enzymes such as acid phosphatase, catalase, dehydrogenase, diastase, peroxidase and RNA-polymerases which help in digestion and metabolism.

Despite the light consistency, its water has a much better composition of minerals such as calcium, iron, manganese, magnesium and zinc than some fruits such as oranges. King coconut water is also a very good source of B-complex vitamins such as riboflavin, niacin, thiamin, pyridoxine and folates. These vitamins are essential to the human body which needs to replenish them from external sources.” – Coconut Research Institute, Sri Lanka.

Due to all this goodness there is a high demand for king coconuts and they are exported in millions to other countries.

So why not drink king coconuts which are available on the roadside just for about 50 Sri Lankan rupees; less than what you spend for a bottle of water.

Sri Lankan Sweetmeets

9. Kavum, Sri Lankan milk toffee & Other Sweet meets

Sri Lankan sweet meats are made during special events and festive seasons. Kavum also known as oil cakes is made from treacle and rice flour cooked in deep fried oil and its shape and taste is unique. Other than Kavum, there are many other sweets such as Kokis, Aasmi, Milk toffee and Aluwa which are scrumptious for your sweet tooth.

Milk Rice & Katta Sambol

10. Milk Rice with Katta Sambol

Milk rice is cooked for celebrations such as birthdays or other special days. Milk rice is favorite of any age. The rice is cooked in coconut milk and cut into shapes and eaten with chille sambol, sour fish and chicken curry. Milk rice, a creamy mouthwatering dish and mostly eaten as breakfast. Rather than eating from a shop try to eat at a local home as they are much tastier than in shops with extra coconut milk.

Polos slow cooked

11. Sri Lankan Polos Curry (Tender Jack slow cooked)

Jackfruit is used in a variety of ways in Sri Lanka. It is commonly used as a staple food (alternative to rice). The tender fruit known as polos is made into a curry. Polos is very rich in iron, high in minerals. Polos curry has a delightful taste and can be eaten with rice, bread, roti, string hoppers, hoppers, milk rice or Naan.

Chicken Curry Sri Lankan way

12. Sri Lankan Chicken Curry

Sri Lankan chicken curry is well known for their bright colours, spicy aroma, vibrant flavours & best of all for their unique taste.

It goes well with rice, bread, naan, string hoppers or even hoppers. This is available in any eating place.

Jaffna style Crab curry

13. Sri Lankan Jaffna Crab curry

Jaffna is famous for its signature style crab curry. Spicy yet capable of making food connoisseurs fell in love with it, the Jaffna Style Crab Curry is simply a heavenly treat. Originated in the Northern parts of the island where there’s an ample supply of Fresh Sea Crab all year-round.

While you are traveling around Trincomalee taste this heavenly dish. If you are not planning to visit Trincomalee still this is available some of the restaurants in Colombo too.

Batter Fried Cuttle Fish

14. Hot Butter Cuttle fish/Calamari

Butter fried Cuttle fish is a personal favorite of every sea food lover. It can’t go wrong anywhere and a foolproof dish. This can be served with steamed jasmine rice or egg fried rice. This is available in almost every Chinese food restaurants. Chinese dragon restaurant at Colombo 04 or Steamboat restaurants are recommended places.

Prawn Curry

15. Grilled Jumbo Prawns & Prawn curry (Shrimp curry)

This is great with rice, bread, naan, hoppers, string hoppers, roti, naan, milk rice or simply anything. This is very easy to make and juicy shrimps are mouthwatering.

The shrimp in Sri Lanka are fresh and tastes way better than frozen ones.

Ambul Thiyal Fish

16. Fish Ambul Thiyal (Sour black fish curry)

Ambul Thiyal is a popular dried fish curry with a sour taste made in many homes in Sri Lanka. The dish can be stored for days at room temperature without getting spoilt.

Goraka (Garcinia gummi-gutta) is the ingredient which helps to preserve the fish. It’s also responsible for the sour flavor in the dish. This is tasty with milk rice or steamed rice with coconut sambol.

17. Sri Lankan Omlette

Eggs are eaten everywhere in the world. There are so many ways to eat eggs. However Sri Lankan eats the eggs in a healthier and tastier way. And of course looks nicer too than eating the usual way that you have eaten before.

This is super easy and super delicious. So why not learn by yourself just looking at this video. Yes, even the7 year old can do it so why not you. You can eat it any of the buffets in the hotels and you can choose the ingredients you like.

 

18. Deep fried casava(Manioc) chips

This is not an origin of Sri Lanka. I think it is a latin dish as Casava is eaten plenty and considered a main source of carbohydrates there than in Sri Lanka where our main source is rice.

However munching some cassava or manioc chips are a snack that you cannot stop eating after starting. It is available in most of the road side hawker shops and a packet would cost you about 100 Sri Lankan Rupees. There is an old saying that not yet scientifically proven which says cassava kills cancer cells and better than chemotherapy as it kills both cancer cells and good cells.

Coconut(Pol) Roti

19. Coconut roti(Pol Roti) and katta sambol

Coconut roti is a flat cake made out of flour and coconut mixed together and roasted on an iron thawa. Hot coconut roti goes very well with a well-seasoned katta sambol. A Sri Lankan tea after such a meal is heavenly.

I have tasted the best coconut roti and katta sambol on a road side shop somewhere in Kandy road. You can fill your stomach just under 100 Sri Lankan rupees (Less than a 1 US$). How amazing is that.

Gotukola Sambol

20. Gotukola Salad

Gotukola (Centella asiatica) has many health benefits. Sri Lankans usually eat 1 raw salad with their rice and curry. Gotukola is one of those salads that make a perfect rice and curry.

It is a delicious and healthy dish from Sri Lanka. Gotukola is used for traditional Ayurveda medicine. It is good for memory, brain, eyes, hair, blood vessels and skin. You will be amazed to read the full benefits of Gotukola.

21. Ceylon Tea with ginger and sugar

There is no need to mention that the Sri Lankan tea is the best in the world. Of course there is blended tea and low grade tea available at certain places. To try the best tea get into a local road side shop and ask for a plain tea.

If not the best tea with a royal service can be obtained at the Dilmah tea lounge in Colombo. There is Dilmah tea lounge at chatham street Colombo 01 or at the Independence arcade in Colombo 07 and you will be shocked to see what wonders tea can make. This is something I recommend totally.

Black Pork Curry

22. Black Pork Curry

Those who have tried the Sri Lankan black pork curry has to say only one thing.

“One of the best pork curry I've ever tasted. Meat is tender, curry is tasty & aromatic. It is the best way pork should be eaten here again”.

Lamprice

23.Lamprice

The original recipe of this Sri Lankan Dutch Burgher delicacy has developed through many generations. The authentic Lamprais consists of Lamprais Curry, Frikkadels, Brinjal Paella, Chili & Onion Salad, Ash Plantain Fries, Deep fried boiled Egg and of course, the Rice all neatly wrapped in a banana leaf.

Wrapping in a banana leaf while the food is hot gives a nice aroma and a divine taste to the rice.

Eat at Fab, Dutch Burger union or Green Cabin. Cost you about 250- 400 Sri Lankan rupees. And it is a very flavorful lunch.

Cashew Nuts

24. Roasted Cashew Nuts

Cashew trees are abandoned in Sri Lanka. However the price of cashew nuts are not so cheap for Sri Lankan wallet as majority is exported due to the high demand from other countries. There is no wonder regarding the high demand from all over the world of this healthy, super delicious snack. The problem with roasted cashew nuts is that, once you eat you will need to eat more and more.

Cashews are a good source of antioxidants. Alkyl phenols, in particular, are abundant in cashews. Cashews are also a source of dietary trace minerals such as copper, manganese, magnesium and phosphorus.

You can buy from cashew shops and the prices are bit lower than super markets. If you want to buy in bulk head over the Royal cashew shops at Kohuwala or Borella as they have vacuum packed bags at lesser prices. In fact roasted cashew is an ideal gift to give your loved ones.

If you find anything else that made you wonderful please add your likings as well for future Sri Lanka travelers.

Share with your friends who will be coming to Sri Lanka. They will thank you back. (May be they will bring you a packet of cashew if you are lucky)