A NEW WEEKEND ➡️ A NEW CONTEST!! 🍕 Describe a typical dish from your country 🍲 / Milk Rice From Sri Lanka

We all love to eat Traditional Food. There is a special place in our hearts for them. So when I saw the Contest Topic, what came rushing to my mind is "Milk Rice". Milk Rice is a Traditional Sri Lankan Breakfast dish. We use Milk Rice as as Festive Breakfast dish in Occasions such as Birthdays, Weddings, New Year etc. It's delicious and Easy to make. That's another reason for this dish to be one of the Favorite. Milk Rice At a Wedding

As the word suggests, it contains Rice. In addition, there is Coconut Milk. You can use Red Rice or White rice According to your Preference. We Usually eat Milk Rice with Chillie Paste. Sometimes we eat them with Onion Pickle. You can even eat without anything. It's your Preference.

How To Make

You'll need Rice, Coconut Milk and Salt. Wash rice and cook it. When rice is ok, add some salt into Coconut Milk according to your Preference. Then add it to rice. And stir it well. Some people cook the Rice Using Coconut milk. And it take more Milk than this method.

But it's more tasty. When the mixture starts to get a bit hard, put it on a plate and make it flat until you get it to the Thickness you Prefer. We usually place a Piece of Banana Leaf over the plate. It gives Milk Rice a good Odor and taste.

Final Stage..

How to Make Chille Paste

Lunu Miris

Actually it's a Onion +Chillie paste. We Call it "Lunu Miris". You need to chop some Onion. Then add Chillie Pieces. You gotta add Salt and Lime according to the taste. Some people add Tomatoes instead of Lime. That's not good. Then you gotta mix altogether. If you can use Mortar and Pestle, you can make this more tastier.

Milk Rice is made in Every part of Sri Lanka. But There are some Changes in Recipe. As an Example, When considering the Northern Part of the Country, they add Jaggery into Milk Rice. Sometimes they use Cow's milk instead of Coconut Milk too.

Milk Rice is a Breakfast dish and there is no special Period of time to make. Usually we make 3-4 times per month in our home. So, it's very normal dish for us. Milk Rice is a Compulsory dish for Breakfast in Special Events such as New Year Celebration, Wedding, Birthday Celebrations etc.

Modern New Year Food table

My mother can cook Milk Rice very well. So, sometimes she gets orders to Prepare Milk Rice for Special Occasions. My mother would never let the customer down.

The most important meal of the day is Breakfast. And the most famous Breakfast dish in Sri Lanka is "Milk Rice". There are so many YouTube Videos showing how to make Milk Rice. So, I hope you try at least once at home. It's worth it..