Rice and Curry
The cuisine mainly consists of (steamed) rice and curry. Curry usually takes various forms and thereby brings versatility to dishes. Curries can not only be made using meat or fish but with vegetables and fruits where the dish becomes a delicacy.
Spices and coconut milk are always generally used to make the Sri Lankan cuisine. Sri Lanka Traditional Foods are generally considered to be more spicier than Indian food because of various types of chilli used. As a matter of fact Sri Lankan cuisine is considered to be among the hottest and spiciest cuisine in the world. However, tourist hotels prepare most Sri Lankan foods to favour the foreign palate since most people aren't used to very spicy food.
Milk Rice
Kiribath
Another famous rice dish is Milk Rice, which is generally made during special occasions such as auspicious days, birthdays, weddings,etc. It is eaten with an accompaniment of a chilli paste and sometimes dried up fish curry
String hoppers
Idiappa
String hoppers are made by pressing a rice batter flour into little bundles of noodles then steamed. These are great for breakfast dunked in some curry.String hoppers are also served with a sweet'n'salty dry coconut sambal. They can be made from white or red rice.