Wednesday 10th February 2021

I was lucky enough to experience a typical Sri Lakan dish today – Lamprais, or lump rice.

Delicious, even though it did not look very appetizing when I unwrapped the banana leaf it came in. I didn’t eat it with my hand as I should have done and which the locals and my husband swear then ensures that it tastes as it should. 

Lamprais is a Sri Lankan dish that was introduced by the Burgher population when the country was under Dutch rule, the Burghers being an ethnic group of Dutch, Portuguese and Sri Lankan descent.

You can read more about it, here.

Rennie