Food Shopping Is also a great thing to do as a leisure. Especially if you are in a different country or area, it is better to try some unique foods of that area. So this is a little food review on my experiences in Jaffna. Though I am not an expert on food review I thought to share my experience with you.

Thosa

Thosa is the most popular food in Jaffna peninsula. This food looks like Pan cakes, but taste is completely different. Every hotel in Jaffna peninsula offers this food as their main item. You will be offered a kind of dhal curry called ‘Sambaru’ and a Sambol called ‘Chutney’. Tear a piece of the thosa and dip it into both ‘Sambaru’ and ‘Chutney’ and put the piece in to your mouth. The taste is amazing. In some hotels you can different kind of thosas. Just like Pizzas, those also have some variety based on taste. Onion those, ghee those, masala those, Kal those, paper those etc.

Paper Thosa


Idli

Idli is basically a South Indian food. A white colour, UFO shaped food has a tasty appearance. The main ingredient is Urad dhal and, this is 100% vegan. Earlier I have posted an article on Idli mentioning the recipe too. You can enjoy the article by clicking here

Idli with Chutney


Raw Banana Bajji

When you are enjoying the street foods in Jaffna, this food will definitely your favourite one. Raw banana (vazhakka) bajji is a mouth-watering snack and very cheap with comparing other snacks. It is a fried snack and have a lot of carbohydrates. Click here for the recipe.

 

Raw Banana Bajji

Vada

If you ever have been Jaffna, you would definitely have the most popular snack in Jaffna. It is simply known as ‘Vada’. Basically, there are two types of vada. Dhal vada and urad dhal vada. The ingredient that used are different. And the taste is also completely different. Urad dhal vada is kind of expensive comparing the dhal vada. People eat vada with rice too. Click here for the recipe of Dhal Vadai. 

 

Urad Wada
Urad Vada

Ice-Cream

Ice cream, one of sweetest thing that man had ever discovered. So, why am I suddenly talking about Ice cream? Was Ice cream discovered in Jaffna? The reason I am talking about Jaffna, if you are in Jaffna, this sunny and hot weather tends you to have some cool stuffs to reduce your body temptation. And there are some best Ice cream parlors in Jaffna too. Offering various flavors Ice Creams help to live the life in Jaffna.

Delicious Ice Cream


Kollukatta

Kollukatta is a kind of sweet food in Jaffna. This steamed snack is most suitable for the evening teatime. Kollukatta is a kind of food stuffed with a mixture of coconut and honey. You can have this snack for a average price and it is worth for the money.

Murkku

This crunchy snack is worth to taste. Murukku is the one of most famous Tamil snacks in Sri Lanka. You should definitely try this amazing snack. The aroma is perfect, and taste is so well. There are different varieties in Murukku, taste is different, but the experience is same.

Murukku