As South Asians we feel same in foods. Not only a indian copy but also it makes the flavor of other south asian countries too. As an example the Chai in pakistan, india, Nepal, as known as milk tea in Sri Lanka. Really appreciated your food tour in Sri Lanka..
Thank you for your insightful comment :) I'm glad you enjoyed the food tour in Sri Lanka! If you have any other favorite dishes from the region, I'd love to hear about them. 🍛
Your food reviews are fascinating. As someone who has lived in Sri Lanka and India for the past 20 years, I see different identities in Indian food and especially in the traditional food of the Sinhalese, who are the majority of the country. Indians prepare most of their food by frying (or steaming) oil, while the Sinhalese cook food by boiling food based on coconut milk like in Kerala. processed income
@ArvindSarin Nice video and glad that you enjoyed the visit to Sri Lanka. One note to be added is that the food item that you mention as "Pan Roll" at 2:38 / 10:33 in your video is not called "Pan Roll" in Sri Lanka by Sri Lankans, but instead it is called and known as "Chinese Rolls" (Possibly you might be aware about "Sri Lankan Chinese Rolls already" ) and the Watalappam mentioned at 1:14 / 10:33 in your video called in the native Sri Lankan Sinhala language and also in the English language has been also known as Malay Pudding in Sri Lanka when calling it in English. besides Watalappam , Dodol too has it's roots coming from the Sri Lankan Malay Community living in Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka while people in Sri Lanka even when ordering for Tea from a food outlet, they will ask for a "Plain Tea" (Black tea with Sugar) or a "Milk Tea" (Kiri théy - Kiri means Milk and théy / තේ means Tea which sounds quite like the French word for Tea as thé) (Black tea with Sugar and Milk), and sometimes at some outlets you can ask for Strong Tea (Stronger Black tea with Sugar and Less Milk), or Light Team (Black tea with Sugar and More Milk). Meanwhile Sri Lankans greet everyone saying Ayubowan (that means May you live longer) and not Namaste or Namaskar like Indians do, you might also hear Vanakkam from those who speak Tamil language in Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, Sri Lankans never call Chai for Tea like Indians do, while in the Sinhala language, Tea is called තේ (sounding like théy similar to the French word for Tea which is thé). Hope you enjoyed your Ceylon Tea from Sri Lanka that was seen at 3:12 / 10:33 in your video. 😊
Hey, I truly appreciate you taking the time to share this information with me! It's incredible how much there is to learn about Sri Lanka, and I genuinely enjoyed every moment of being there. I'll definitely keep in mind that it's not "pan rolls" but "Chinese rolls" next time! And oh, the Ceylon tea was an absolute delight. Can't wait to visit Sri Lanka again soon! 🌴😊
@@ArvindSarin Hope you will have more enjoyable visits to the beautiful island country of Sri Lanka many times, and make more visits to Sri Lanka in the future taking along a few of your friends and/or relatives with you. With the easy flight connectivity from India to Sri Lanka for Indians travelling from India to Sri Lanka, the travel time/distance can be almost similar to traveling between two States in India but can experience an entire different and unique, with some similarities while enjoying a visit to Sri Lanka. #VisitSriLanka for more adventure and enjoyable memories.
@@ArvindSarin With regards to "Sri Lankan Chinese Rolls" you can do a search on the Internet and will find many videos to enjoy watching. Sri Lankan Patties and Sri Lankan Cutlets (such as Sri Lankan Fish Cutlets) are another food item to try which has it's roots from the European Colonial time influence, and not sure if you had tried them. You can search on the Internet for Sri Lankan Patties and Sri Lankan Cutlets (such as Sri Lankan Fish Cutlets) and you can find videos about them as well. Typically in Sri Lanka "Sri Lankan Chinese Rolls", Sri Lankan Patties and Sri Lankan Cutlets (such as Sri Lankan Fish Cutlets), Egg Rolls, Fish Buns etc. are considered and called generally as Sri Lankan Short Eats and some of them are eaten as party food as well and also good to be eaten as bites when taking an alcoholic beverage like Beer. The Elavalu Roti would not have any fish, meat or egg in it as literally Elavalu (එළවළු) in the Sinhala language means Vegetables. Kola (කොළ) Kanda (කැඳ) is a traditional Sri Lankan Herbal Porridge, and Kola literally means in the Sinhala language for leaves. The colour green in the Sinhala language is also Kola (කොළ). These Herbal Porridges have leaves from plants that have health benefits (especially with the historic tradition of Ayurvedha being practiced in Sri Lanka)
@@ArvindSarin With regards to "Sri Lankan Chinese Rolls" you can do a search on the Internet and will find many videos to enjoy watching. Sri Lankan Patties and Sri Lankan Cutlets (such as Sri Lankan Fish Cutlets) are another food item to try which has it's roots from the European Colonial time influence, and not sure if you had tried them. You can search on the Internet for Sri Lankan Patties and Sri Lankan Cutlets (such as Sri Lankan Fish Cutlets) and you can find videos about them as well. Typically in Sri Lanka "Sri Lankan Chinese Rolls", Sri Lankan Patties and Sri Lankan Cutlets (such as Sri Lankan Fish Cutlets), Egg Rolls, Fish Buns etc. are considered and called generally as Sri Lankan Short Eats and some of them are eaten as party food as well and also good to be eaten as bites when taking an alcoholic beverage like Beer. Sri Lankan Patties are similar to a version of empanadas.
@@ArvindSarin The Elavalu Roti would not have any fish, meat or egg in it as literally Elavalu (එළවළු) in the Sinhala language means Vegetables. Kola (කොළ) Kanda (කැඳ) is a traditional Sri Lankan Herbal Porridge, and Kola literally means in the Sinhala language for leaves. The colour green in the Sinhala language is also Kola (කොළ). These Herbal Porridges have leaves from plants that have health benefits (especially with the historic tradition of Ayurvedha being practiced in Sri Lanka)
The thing is most Sri Lankans don't even know Sri Lankan foods. Most of them cannot be bought commonly. Look some channels like traditional me, poorna the nature girl, umandawa . They make some traditional dishes.
Okay, I did not know that 😳 Which food items would you say cannot be commonly bought? Because I think all of the traditional food items I got were bought locally. Also, I think the channels are doing a great job of spreading awareness of Sri Lankan delicacies!
There are similarities since part of our population is Tamil and South Indian food is their heritage as well. But we also have food that's authentic to Sri Lanka like kiri kos (SOOOO good!), kos, polos, polos mallum, pol roti, lavariya, kiribath, imbul kiribath etc. are authentic to Sri Lankans. Fruits of the jack tree are cooked in more than 30 different ways here in Sri Lanka. Then there are foods that people with different ethnic backgrounds have brought to Sri Lanka and made it ours like kottu, batu moju etc. which come from the Islamic community. Chinese rolls were apparently introduced by the Chinese vendors who came to Sri Lanka and sold to workers and their customers. Our sweets also have Portuguese, Dutch as well as Indian influence but it's our own in their own way.
Thanks for sharing this information! It's great to hear about the variety of food in Sri Lanka. When I'm in Sri Lanka next time, I'm definitely gonna try dishes like kiri kos, kos, polos, polos mallum, pol roti, lavariya, kiribath, and imbul kiribath. They sound amazing. I didn't know jackfruit could be cooked in so many ways! Thanks again for the details :)
There are major differences between Indian food and Sri Lankan food. Indians use Cardamom heavily, so food is too intense, and smelly. Sri Lankan food is not smelly because it is more balanced in spice usage. Not using cardamom. Indian food is mostly Biriyani, Tikka Masala, Roti, and Butter chicken. But the Main Sri Lankan is just rice and curry. Sri Lankan curry is made using Coconut milk while Indians heavily use Ghee. Some foods like String hoppers and hoppers have similarities but even that too, different textures and differences. Sri Lankan hoppers are more crusty on the outside. I live in Melbourne and I have experienced all kinds of food. I see Indian food as similar to Mexican food than to Sri Lankan. If you tasted Mexican food, you will say it's also an Indian copy. How does it become a copy when the texture is different, cooked differently, different spices used, different ingredients used, and even eating differently. It's same annoying Indian behaviour that thinking that everything is from India Sri Lankan rice and curry wrapped in a banana leaf is Sri Lanka's main dish and it is unmatched.
I see what you mean. From my own experiences, many Sri Lankan dishes I've tried have similarities to Indian food. I didn't mean to imply that Sri Lankan cuisine directly copies Indian food, but rather, the cultural influences and the presence of many Indian people in Sri Lanka might contribute to some similarities. But Thanks for sharing your insights!
@@shaun5761 They will keep saying Indian but if you ask them dont even know some south Indian dishes names.. and they think tamil people only lives in india. They should know that even in Tamil we have different culture example like sri lankan tamil, malaysian tamil and Singapore tamil by dialects and even some food recipes its quite unique.
@@ArvindSarin I'm from SL. Most of foreign visitors do not test that much of the food range that you had. Much appreciate your knowledge about the history of food & culture.
You can’t compare Sri Lankan food to any other country’s food,don’t even try.Because our real food is not street food,so basically you can’t get an idea about a country’s food culture just by eating street food.Yes we have some food similar to Indian food,it’s because we have a Tamil and Muslim community.But their way of making food also way more different than Indians.FYI Sri Lanka is producing the one of the world’s best spices and tea.WAY BETTER THAN INDIAN tea and spices.So if you want to do a food review about another country please first get rid of the Indian food mentality.
Absolutely, I totally understand where you're coming from. I was just comparing the similarities because some Sri Lankan dishes do taste quite similar to South Indian food. And every country has its own unique flavors and culinary traditions. Thanks for sharing your perspective!
@@ArvindSarin Well, where do I begin. May be we can begin with your graphics. None of those are Sri Lankan dishes. All those images are Indian dishes or something completely irrelevant to Sri Lankan dishes which you are talking about. The presentation of Sri Lankan dishes are quite different. You said you didn't like rice and curry, may be its understandable for north Indians not to like rice and curry. But I suspect you've not found proper Sri Lankan rice and curry. Some places just not cut the mark for what it is. Some of the names you've introduced are also not correct. Anyway. hope you enjoyed the experience
That's true, tomatoes do add a lot of flavor! But Sri Lankan cuisine has its own unique and delicious taste that sets it apart. Both have their own charm :)
Totally understand where you're coming from. I didn't mean to imply Sri Lankan cuisine is a copy of Indian food. I was Just highlighting the similarities :)
This video is highly problematic. So biased and so wrong in so many places. I don't even have time to list down everything wrong with the first 3-4 minutes. For example - Elawalu Roti literally means vegetable roti. It would have been quite a simple task to ask someone what it means. Also, who pronounces it manoic?
To be honest, I didn't intend for any bias or misinformation in the video. It was my first time exploring Sri Lanka, and I was overwhelmed by the amount of information. I appreciate your feedback, and I'll make sure to improve in the future. Thank you!
Hello, Sri Lanka has never been part of Madagascar. Sri Lanka is an island nation located in the Indian Ocean, southeast of the Indian subcontinent. It has never been connected to Madagascar or Africa directly. Also, Sri Lanka was already an island before India became a separate piece of land.
I sm Sri lankan & i believe what it wrote above which i saw a documentary about it ,its on you tube i think. if you take a look at people of countries like Maldives, Mauritius, Madagascar some of them they have similar facial characteristics to Sri lankans
@@earthexplorer579 I had never heard about what you have mentioned about Sri Lanka and Madagascar until reading your comment. After seeing your comment I came across an academic article appearing on the University of Chicago Press website which had a journal paper "Sri Lanka-Madagascar Gondwana Linkage: Evidence for a Pan‐African Mineral Belt" by C. B. Dissanayake and Rohana Chandrajith Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Erlangen, Schlossgarten 5, D‐91054 Erlangen, Germany. In the Abstract it mentions the following, "Sri Lanka occupies a unique geologic position in Gondwana. Recent age and isotopic data suggest that the high‐grade basement rocks of Sri Lanka are more closely associated with the southeastern part of Madagascar than with the Archean granulites of southern and eastern parts of India. The occurrences of gem minerals and graphite in the centrally located Highland Complex of Sri Lanka can also be correlated with those of the Kerala Khondalite Belt (KKB) at the southern tip of India and of southeast Madagascar south of the Ranotsara Shear Zone. These geological and mineralogical features indicate the juxtaposition of Sri Lanka with Madagascar and also with the Lützow‐Holm Bay area in Antarctica. The very close juxtaposition of Sri Lanka with Madagascar suggested here, which has hitherto been given only passing reference, implies that there exists a distinct mineralized belt running from Antarctica through the Highland Complex of Sri Lanka into Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, and farther north. This mineral belt is clearly of Pan‐African origin and is now considered to be an important geosuture associated with the main Mozambique Belt. The position of Sri Lanka in Gondwana is of particular significance because Sri Lanka acts as a bridge across the main East African and Antarctica crustal fragments."
@@earthexplorer579 In the journal paper "Sri Lanka-Madagascar Gondwana Linkage: Evidence for a Pan‐African Mineral Belt" by C. B. Dissanayake and Rohana Chandrajith Abstract it mentions the following, "Sri Lanka occupies a unique geologic position in Gondwana. Recent age and isotopic data suggest that the high‐grade basement rocks of Sri Lanka are more closely associated with the southeastern part of Madagascar than with the Archean granulites of southern and eastern parts of India. The occurrences of gem minerals and graphite in the centrally located Highland Complex of Sri Lanka can also be correlated with those of the Kerala Khondalite Belt (KKB) at the southern tip of India and of southeast Madagascar south of the Ranotsara Shear Zone. These geological and mineralogical features indicate the juxtaposition of Sri Lanka with Madagascar and also with the Lützow‐Holm Bay area in Antarctica. The very close juxtaposition of Sri Lanka with Madagascar suggested here, which has hitherto been given only passing reference, implies that there exists a distinct mineralized belt running from Antarctica through the Highland Complex of Sri Lanka into Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, and farther north. This mineral belt is clearly of Pan‐African origin and is now considered to be an important geosuture associated with the main Mozambique Belt. The position of Sri Lanka in Gondwana is of particular significance because Sri Lanka acts as a bridge across the main East African and Antarctica crustal fragments."
@@earthexplorer579 I came across on the University of Chicago website, a mention of a Journal Article Abstract titled "Sri Lanka-Madagascar Gondwana Linkage: Evidence for a Pan‐African Mineral Belt C. B. Dissanayake and Rohana Chandrajith" and in the abstract states "Sri Lanka occupies a unique geologic position in Gondwana. Recent age and isotopic data suggest that the high‐grade basement rocks of Sri Lanka are more closely associated with the southeastern part of Madagascar than with the Archean granulites of southern and eastern parts of India. "
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copy of indian food nice joke
If you watch the full video, you'll see I tried some dishes that might remind you of Indian food, but with an extra kick of spice.
😮 what is joke bro
Copy of India food
😊
@@ArvindSarinyes cause there are Tamil people in srilanka. same ethnic people to south India so yh
Broh indian street food disgusting don't compare with sri lankan food 😂
Copy is an insult 😮
You are correct we have similarities, but we don't copy indian food/s 😂😂.
I never meant to say Sri Lanka copies Indian food. Just pointing out the tasty similarities! 😄🍛
@@island.pearl987 Bro don't judge a book by its cover 😔
King coconut best drink, Doctors recomended best for health.Sri Lanka foods dont copy from India. Kola kenda is very good drink for health.
As South Asians we feel same in foods. Not only a indian copy but also it makes the flavor of other south asian countries too. As an example the Chai in pakistan, india, Nepal, as known as milk tea in Sri Lanka. Really appreciated your food tour in Sri Lanka..
Thank you for your insightful comment :) I'm glad you enjoyed the food tour in Sri Lanka! If you have any other favorite dishes from the region, I'd love to hear about them. 🍛
Your food reviews are fascinating. As someone who has lived in Sri Lanka and India for the past 20 years, I see different identities in Indian food and especially in the traditional food of the Sinhalese, who are the majority of the country. Indians prepare most of their food by frying (or steaming) oil, while the Sinhalese cook food by boiling food based on coconut milk like in Kerala. processed income
Thank You so much :)
It's interesting to learn about the different ways Indian and Sri Lankan foods are prepared.
@ArvindSarin Nice video and glad that you enjoyed the visit to Sri Lanka. One note to be added is that the food item that you mention as "Pan Roll" at 2:38 / 10:33 in your video is not called "Pan Roll" in Sri Lanka by Sri Lankans, but instead it is called and known as "Chinese Rolls" (Possibly you might be aware about "Sri Lankan Chinese Rolls already" ) and the Watalappam mentioned at 1:14 / 10:33 in your video called in the native Sri Lankan Sinhala language and also in the English language has been also known as Malay Pudding in Sri Lanka when calling it in English. besides Watalappam , Dodol too has it's roots coming from the Sri Lankan Malay Community living in Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka while people in Sri Lanka even when ordering for Tea from a food outlet, they will ask for a "Plain Tea" (Black tea with Sugar) or a "Milk Tea" (Kiri théy - Kiri means Milk and théy / තේ means Tea which sounds quite like the French word for Tea as thé) (Black tea with Sugar and Milk), and sometimes at some outlets you can ask for Strong Tea (Stronger Black tea with Sugar and Less Milk), or Light Team (Black tea with Sugar and More Milk). Meanwhile Sri Lankans greet everyone saying Ayubowan (that means May you live longer) and not Namaste or Namaskar like Indians do, you might also hear Vanakkam from those who speak Tamil language in Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, Sri Lankans never call Chai for Tea like Indians do, while in the Sinhala language, Tea is called තේ (sounding like théy similar to the French word for Tea which is thé). Hope you enjoyed your Ceylon Tea from Sri Lanka that was seen at 3:12 / 10:33 in your video. 😊
Hey, I truly appreciate you taking the time to share this information with me! It's incredible how much there is to learn about Sri Lanka, and I genuinely enjoyed every moment of being there. I'll definitely keep in mind that it's not "pan rolls" but "Chinese rolls" next time! And oh, the Ceylon tea was an absolute delight. Can't wait to visit Sri Lanka again soon! 🌴😊
@@ArvindSarin Hope you will have more enjoyable visits to the beautiful island country of Sri Lanka many times, and make more visits to Sri Lanka in the future taking along a few of your friends and/or relatives with you. With the easy flight connectivity from India to Sri Lanka for Indians travelling from India to Sri Lanka, the travel time/distance can be almost similar to traveling between two States in India but can experience an entire different and unique, with some similarities while enjoying a visit to Sri Lanka. #VisitSriLanka for more adventure and enjoyable memories.
@@ArvindSarin With regards to "Sri Lankan Chinese Rolls" you can do a search on the Internet and will find many videos to enjoy watching. Sri Lankan Patties and Sri Lankan Cutlets (such as Sri Lankan Fish Cutlets) are another food item to try which has it's roots from the European Colonial time influence, and not sure if you had tried them. You can search on the Internet for Sri Lankan Patties and Sri Lankan Cutlets (such as Sri Lankan Fish Cutlets) and you can find videos about them as well. Typically in Sri Lanka "Sri Lankan Chinese Rolls", Sri Lankan Patties and Sri Lankan Cutlets (such as Sri Lankan Fish Cutlets), Egg Rolls, Fish Buns etc. are considered and called generally as Sri Lankan Short Eats and some of them are eaten as party food as well and also good to be eaten as bites when taking an alcoholic beverage like Beer. The Elavalu Roti would not have any fish, meat or egg in it as literally Elavalu (එළවළු) in the Sinhala language means Vegetables. Kola (කොළ) Kanda (කැඳ) is a traditional Sri Lankan Herbal Porridge, and Kola literally means in the Sinhala language for leaves. The colour green in the Sinhala language is also Kola (කොළ). These Herbal Porridges have leaves from plants that have health benefits (especially with the historic tradition of Ayurvedha being practiced in Sri Lanka)
@@ArvindSarin With regards to "Sri Lankan Chinese Rolls" you can do a search on the Internet and will find many videos to enjoy watching. Sri Lankan Patties and Sri Lankan Cutlets (such as Sri Lankan Fish Cutlets) are another food item to try which has it's roots from the European Colonial time influence, and not sure if you had tried them. You can search on the Internet for Sri Lankan Patties and Sri Lankan Cutlets (such as Sri Lankan Fish Cutlets) and you can find videos about them as well. Typically in Sri Lanka "Sri Lankan Chinese Rolls", Sri Lankan Patties and Sri Lankan Cutlets (such as Sri Lankan Fish Cutlets), Egg Rolls, Fish Buns etc. are considered and called generally as Sri Lankan Short Eats and some of them are eaten as party food as well and also good to be eaten as bites when taking an alcoholic beverage like Beer. Sri Lankan Patties are similar to a version of empanadas.
@@ArvindSarin The Elavalu Roti would not have any fish, meat or egg in it as literally Elavalu (එළවළු) in the Sinhala language means Vegetables. Kola (කොළ) Kanda (කැඳ) is a traditional Sri Lankan Herbal Porridge, and Kola literally means in the Sinhala language for leaves. The colour green in the Sinhala language is also Kola (කොළ). These Herbal Porridges have leaves from plants that have health benefits (especially with the historic tradition of Ayurvedha being practiced in Sri Lanka)
That was an awesome experience to walk in through The Srilankan dishes.. 👍🏻 one more subscriber you've.
Glad you enjoyed it! And thank you so much for subscribing! 🙌
Great video keep it up bro
Thanks a lot :)
Chicken roast kottu with cold beer is my go to Friday night meal ☺️
Sounds like a tasty Friday night ritual! 🤤😋
The thing is most Sri Lankans don't even know Sri Lankan foods. Most of them cannot be bought commonly. Look some channels like traditional me, poorna the nature girl, umandawa . They make some traditional dishes.
Okay, I did not know that 😳 Which food items would you say cannot be commonly bought? Because I think all of the traditional food items I got were bought locally. Also, I think the channels are doing a great job of spreading awareness of Sri Lankan delicacies!
Well detailed video Aravind. Keep it up!
Thanks a lot :)
There are similarities since part of our population is Tamil and South Indian food is their heritage as well. But we also have food that's authentic to Sri Lanka like kiri kos (SOOOO good!), kos, polos, polos mallum, pol roti, lavariya, kiribath, imbul kiribath etc. are authentic to Sri Lankans. Fruits of the jack tree are cooked in more than 30 different ways here in Sri Lanka. Then there are foods that people with different ethnic backgrounds have brought to Sri Lanka and made it ours like kottu, batu moju etc. which come from the Islamic community. Chinese rolls were apparently introduced by the Chinese vendors who came to Sri Lanka and sold to workers and their customers. Our sweets also have Portuguese, Dutch as well as Indian influence but it's our own in their own way.
Thanks for sharing this information! It's great to hear about the variety of food in Sri Lanka. When I'm in Sri Lanka next time, I'm definitely gonna try dishes like kiri kos, kos, polos, polos mallum, pol roti, lavariya, kiribath, and imbul kiribath. They sound amazing. I didn't know jackfruit could be cooked in so many ways! Thanks again for the details :)
There are major differences between Indian food and Sri Lankan food.
Indians use Cardamom heavily, so food is too intense, and smelly. Sri Lankan food is not smelly because it is more balanced in spice usage. Not using cardamom. Indian food is mostly Biriyani, Tikka Masala, Roti, and Butter chicken. But the Main Sri Lankan is just rice and curry. Sri Lankan curry is made using Coconut milk while Indians heavily use Ghee.
Some foods like String hoppers and hoppers have similarities but even that too, different textures and differences. Sri Lankan hoppers are more crusty on the outside.
I live in Melbourne and I have experienced all kinds of food. I see Indian food as similar to Mexican food than to Sri Lankan. If you tasted Mexican food, you will say it's also an Indian copy.
How does it become a copy when the texture is different, cooked differently, different spices used, different ingredients used, and even eating differently.
It's same annoying Indian behaviour that thinking that everything is from India
Sri Lankan rice and curry wrapped in a banana leaf is Sri Lanka's main dish and it is unmatched.
I see what you mean. From my own experiences, many Sri Lankan dishes I've tried have similarities to Indian food. I didn't mean to imply that Sri Lankan cuisine directly copies Indian food, but rather, the cultural influences and the presence of many Indian people in Sri Lanka might contribute to some similarities. But Thanks for sharing your insights!
Keep it up bro 👍👍 good experiation, love from sri lanka🙏
Thank you so much bro 😀
😂 Because TAMIL PEOPLE THERE.. If u come to malaysia ,singapore also same u cn find indian fooda
Ah, it seems like Indian food has quite the global influence! 😅
@@ArvindSarinTamil people live in srilanka you didn't know that before?
@@shaun5761 They will keep saying Indian but if you ask them dont even know some south Indian dishes names.. and they think tamil people only lives in india. They should know that even in Tamil we have different culture example like sri lankan tamil, malaysian tamil and Singapore tamil by dialects and even some food recipes its quite unique.
Thank you for the great revive of Sri Lankan food
Hope you enjoyed the video! 😊
Seems you had a great food Tour
Love it ❤❤
Absolutely! It was an incredible experience. So glad you enjoyed it! 😊
@@ArvindSarin I'm from SL. Most of foreign visitors do not test that much of the food range that you had. Much appreciate your knowledge about the history of food & culture.
Very fair Analysis
Thank You :)
There are many similarities between Sri Lankan food and Kerala food. Taste might be different, but same same.
Totally! Sri Lankan and Kerala food share a lot in common, even though they taste a bit different.
Literally nobody says that and it’s only you.
Actually, quite a few people have shared similar experiences, but I appreciate your perspective nonetheless.
we have similirities but not the same south north, west ,and middle of the country different food you have to taste.
Next time I'm exploring Sri Lankan food, I'll definitely be sure to consider the regional specialties.
Bro you ate srilankan tamil food .Tamil people come from south India so
I mean most of food . So we are super close countries
You're right, some of the food I tried was influenced by Tamil cuisine, but I also had authentic Sri Lankan dishes :)
if we came from south india then u came from north India.
Great Video.
Thank You :)
Brother, 😅it is a vegetable roti
Ah, got it! Thanks for clarifying :)
You can’t compare Sri Lankan food to any other country’s food,don’t even try.Because our real food is not street food,so basically you can’t get an idea about a country’s food culture just by eating street food.Yes we have some food similar to Indian food,it’s because we have a Tamil and Muslim community.But their way of making food also way more different than Indians.FYI Sri Lanka is producing the one of the world’s best spices and tea.WAY BETTER THAN INDIAN tea and spices.So if you want to do a food review about another country please first get rid of the Indian food mentality.
Absolutely, I totally understand where you're coming from. I was just comparing the similarities because some Sri Lankan dishes do taste quite similar to South Indian food. And every country has its own unique flavors and culinary traditions. Thanks for sharing your perspective!
Nice explain bro
Thanks bro!!
How to be spectacularly wrong.. LOL .. Anyway.. Good effort bro..!
Wrong on what exactly? And Thanks for appreciating the effort though! 😄
@@ArvindSarin Well, where do I begin. May be we can begin with your graphics. None of those are Sri Lankan dishes. All those images are Indian dishes or something completely irrelevant to Sri Lankan dishes which you are talking about. The presentation of Sri Lankan dishes are quite different. You said you didn't like rice and curry, may be its understandable for north Indians not to like rice and curry. But I suspect you've not found proper Sri Lankan rice and curry. Some places just not cut the mark for what it is. Some of the names you've introduced are also not correct. Anyway. hope you enjoyed the experience
Grapefruit is jambolw
You're right :)
Use of Tomato as the base is the main reason why Indian food is better than Sri Lanka food Tomato makes anything tastier
That's true, tomatoes do add a lot of flavor! But Sri Lankan cuisine has its own unique and delicious taste that sets it apart. Both have their own charm :)
Nice bro
Thank you :)
Nice story about Kottu Roti😂
Hope you enjoyed it! 😄👍
Jambola is grape fruit
Yes, you're right.🍊
Spoiler alert: no!
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No not at all
Cool! Thanks for the input. Any must-try dishes you recommend?
Bro if you have anything that must be a copy of our culture
Totally understand where you're coming from. I didn't mean to imply Sri Lankan cuisine is a copy of Indian food. I was Just highlighting the similarities :)
Sri Lanka now , safety for traveler ??? It is very interesting and I like Indian food
Sri Lanka's been safe for me to travel around and Indian food is hard not to love, right? 😄
No sri lankan food is not as dpicy as indian or south indian cooking
Some Sri Lankan dishes can be just as spicy as Indian food. It all depends on the dish and how it's prepared!
This video is highly problematic. So biased and so wrong in so many places. I don't even have time to list down everything wrong with the first 3-4 minutes.
For example - Elawalu Roti literally means vegetable roti. It would have been quite a simple task to ask someone what it means. Also, who pronounces it manoic?
To be honest, I didn't intend for any bias or misinformation in the video. It was my first time exploring Sri Lanka, and I was overwhelmed by the amount of information. I appreciate your feedback, and I'll make sure to improve in the future. Thank you!
Sri lanka was part of Madagaskar which was connected to Africa & by change of earth & sea made it & island. so before india Sri lanka existed.
Hello, Sri Lanka has never been part of Madagascar. Sri Lanka is an island nation located in the Indian Ocean, southeast of the Indian subcontinent. It has never been connected to Madagascar or Africa directly. Also, Sri Lanka was already an island before India became a separate piece of land.
I sm Sri lankan & i believe what it wrote above which i saw a documentary about it ,its on you tube i think. if you take a look at people of countries like Maldives, Mauritius, Madagascar some of them they have similar facial characteristics to Sri lankans
@@earthexplorer579 I had never heard about what you have mentioned about Sri Lanka and Madagascar until reading your comment. After seeing your comment I came across an academic article appearing on the University of Chicago Press website which had a journal paper "Sri Lanka-Madagascar Gondwana Linkage: Evidence
for a Pan‐African Mineral Belt" by C. B. Dissanayake and Rohana Chandrajith
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Erlangen, Schlossgarten 5, D‐91054
Erlangen, Germany. In the Abstract it mentions the following, "Sri Lanka occupies a unique geologic position in Gondwana. Recent age and isotopic data suggest that the high‐grade basement rocks of Sri Lanka are more closely associated with the southeastern part of Madagascar than with the Archean granulites of southern and eastern parts of India. The occurrences of gem minerals and graphite in the centrally located Highland Complex of Sri Lanka can also be correlated with those of the Kerala Khondalite Belt (KKB) at the southern tip of India and of southeast Madagascar south of the Ranotsara Shear Zone. These geological and mineralogical features indicate the juxtaposition of Sri Lanka with Madagascar and also with the Lützow‐Holm Bay area in Antarctica. The very close juxtaposition of Sri Lanka with Madagascar suggested here, which has hitherto been given only passing reference, implies that there exists a distinct mineralized belt running from Antarctica through the Highland Complex of Sri Lanka into Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, and farther north. This mineral belt is clearly of Pan‐African origin and is now considered to be an important geosuture associated with the main Mozambique Belt. The position of Sri Lanka in Gondwana is of particular significance because Sri Lanka acts as a bridge across the main East African and Antarctica crustal fragments."
@@earthexplorer579 In the journal paper "Sri Lanka-Madagascar Gondwana Linkage: Evidence for a Pan‐African Mineral Belt" by C. B. Dissanayake and Rohana Chandrajith Abstract it mentions the following, "Sri Lanka occupies a unique geologic position in Gondwana. Recent age and isotopic data suggest that the high‐grade basement rocks of Sri Lanka are more closely associated with the southeastern part of Madagascar than with the Archean granulites of southern and eastern parts of India. The occurrences of gem minerals and graphite in the centrally located Highland Complex of Sri Lanka can also be correlated with those of the Kerala Khondalite Belt (KKB) at the southern tip of India and of southeast Madagascar south of the Ranotsara Shear Zone. These geological and mineralogical features indicate the juxtaposition of Sri Lanka with Madagascar and also with the Lützow‐Holm Bay area in Antarctica. The very close juxtaposition of Sri Lanka with Madagascar suggested here, which has hitherto been given only passing reference, implies that there exists a distinct mineralized belt running from Antarctica through the Highland Complex of Sri Lanka into Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, and farther north. This mineral belt is clearly of Pan‐African origin and is now considered to be an important geosuture associated with the main Mozambique Belt. The position of Sri Lanka in Gondwana is of particular significance because Sri Lanka acts as a bridge across the main East African and Antarctica crustal fragments."
@@earthexplorer579 I came across on the University of Chicago website, a mention of a Journal Article Abstract titled "Sri Lanka-Madagascar Gondwana Linkage: Evidence for a Pan‐African Mineral Belt C. B. Dissanayake and Rohana Chandrajith" and in the abstract states "Sri Lanka occupies a unique geologic position in Gondwana. Recent age and isotopic data suggest that the high‐grade basement rocks of Sri Lanka are more closely associated with the southeastern part of Madagascar than with the Archean granulites of southern and eastern parts of India. "