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Eat Galle

Rice and curry, hoppers and the day’s catch

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Rice and curry
Egg hoppers
String hoppers
Kottu roti
Fish ambul thiyal
Isso curry
Pol sambol
Watalappan
King coconut
Curd and treacle

The December plate

Fish ambul thiyal
The south’s sour fish curry, dark with goraka and black pepper, made to keep in the heat. Eat it with red rice and pol sambol, then curd and kithul treacle.
Muslim traveller note: seafood and vegetable curries are the simplest choice. Ask about meat sources and wine in sauces at licensed restaurants.
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