Sri Lanka is one of the famous places in South Asia for sweets and desserts which are native to them. Mostly the desserts are served after the main meals and sweets are specially for the tea time. Most of these desserts and sweets have cultural background. A lot of desserts and sweets are rich in domestic spices, jaggery and kithul (Caryota urens) treacle. Traditionally, usage of sugar is minimum due to the availability of locally made alternatives such as treacle and jaggery.
| # | Name | Main ingredient(s) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watalappam | coconut milk, jaggery, eggs, spices (cardamom, cloves) | Most popular dessert item among Muslims in Ramadan festival. Nowadays, widely use for weddings, parties and other special ceremonies. |
| 2 | Buffalo curd | buffalo milk, starter culture | Popular food item in southern part of the country. Mostly use for weddings, alms, and as a household dessert. |
| 3 | Semolina and jaggery pudding | semolina, jaggery, milk, spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla | Uncommon and Used as a normal dessert after meals. |
| 4 | Avocado Crazy | Avocado, sugar, cream | Household dessert item. Also popular in small restaurants. |
| 5 | Kirala (Lumnitzera littorea) fruit milk | kirala fruits, treacle | This is popular among the people live in southern part of the island. Drinking dessert. |
| 6 | Kithul flour pudding | kithul flour, coconut milk, jaggery or sugar, spices | A Popular food item among Sinhalese. Household dessert item and some times available in small restaurants. |
| 7 | Wood apple milk | wood apple, coconut milk, sugar | Drinking dessert. Very popular throughout the island. |
| 8 | Pudding of dulya | eggs, milk, bread crumbs, sugar, vanilla | Very much similar to bread pudding. Used for special occasions. |
| 9 | Sago pudding | sago, sugar, milk, eggs | This is popular among the Tamil community in Sri Lanka. Mostly use for weddings and cultural festivals. |
| # | Name | Main ingredient(s) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aluwa | rice flour, sugar, milk, butter, spices (cardamom, cloves) | popular among Sinhalese. Used for cultural festivals. |
| 2 | Oil cake (konda kavum) | rice flour, treacle, coconut milk | One of the popular food items among Sinhalese. It has an important cultural background. |
| 3 | Bibikkan | semolina, raisins, treacle, rice flour, scrapped coconut, spices and flavours | This is very much similar to fruit cake. |
| 4 | green gram cake (mung kavum) | rice flour, mung flour, treacle, ghee, spices | Popular among Sinhalese. Specially used for cultural aspects. |
| 5 | Weli thalapa | rice flour, coconut milk, coconut treacle, spices | Household sweet. mostly prepared for tea time. |
| 6 | Aggala | kithul treacle, rice flour, pepper | Spicy Sweet. Mostly prepared for tea time in villages. |
| 7 | Urunda (coconut balls) | coconut, sugar, flour, essence | Used for cultural aspects. |