Let’s make the most popular milk rice in Sri Lanka.

In Sri Lanka, milk rice / Kiribath can be considered the staple food on special occasions. Milk rice / Kiribath is widely used as a breakfast food. This delicious dish is made using rice and coconut milk mainly. Milk rice is often eaten with lunu miris.

For the Sinhalese, Kiribath plays a crucial role in celebrating the Sinhalese New Year, as it is consumed as the first meal of the year. Also, It is traditionally offered for breakfast on the first day of each month. Still, it also has the added meaning of being eaten at an auspicious juncture in one’s life that marks a transitional period. It is one of Sri Lanka’s most well-known traditional foods.

What are the ingredients needed to make Sri Lankan milk rice and Lunu Miris?

Ingredients for making Milk Rice

250 g Raw white rice
2 cups Thick coconut milk
1¼ tsp Table salt
3½ cups Water

Ingredients for making Lunu Miris

½ cup Chopped Onion
2 tsp Crushed Red Pepper
2 tsp Chili Powder
2 tsp Crushed Dried Maldives Fish
1 tsp Lime Juice

How to make Milk Rice

Rinse the rice well.
Put the rice and water into a saucepan, and cook on medium flame.
Stir the rice frequently.
Add table salt to the thick coconut milk and mix.
When the rice is cooked correctly add coconut milk and stir it well on medium/low flame.
When the milk rice comes to a dough, transfer it to a flat tray or banana leaf.
Spread the milk rice on the flat tray or banana leaf evenly.
Leave it to cool for about 30 minutes.
Cut into the desired shape and serve.

How to make Lunu Miris

Lunu miris is a spicy paste or sauce created from a variety of fresh ingredients, sometimes known as a sambol. While lunu miris is undoubtedly the most popular sambal in Sri Lankan cuisine, the island’s robust flavors are made up of numerous other sambal varieties.

Lunu miris (salt chili in Sinhala) is one of Sri Lanka’s most famous and well-known recipes, and it’s known for being a tasty blend of simple and readily available ingredients.

Most traditional lunu miris recipes ask for chopped and powdered red onions blended with fiery chili powder, dried chili peppers, and dried Maldives fish before being mixed with lime juice.

Mixing lunu miris and other sambols is best done with a mortar and pestle, however, a small blender can be used to pulse ingredients and the mixture can also be pounded by hand.

Along with special occasions Milk Rice, there are some other delicious foods. One of those foods is Kokis. In Sri Lanka, these Kokis are indispensable for New Year’s dinner table and other festive occasions along with milk rice.

There are many types of food that are unique to Sri Lanka. We have presented to you the food that makes several such types of food. Here are some such recipes

Milk Rice / Sri Lankan Kiri Bath With Lunu Miris

Popular milk rice and lunu miris in Sri Lanka

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 45

Total Time 1 5

Course Breakfast, Main Course

Cuisine Sri Lankan

Servings 4

Calories 120 kcal

Ingredients

Milk Rice

250 g Raw white rice
2 cups Thick coconut milk
1¼ tsp Table salt
3½ cups Water

Lunu Miris

½ cup Chopped Onion
2 tsp Crushed Red Pepper
2 tsp Chili Powder
2 tsp Crushed Dried Maldives Fish
1 tsp Lime Juice

Instructions

Milk Rice

Rinse the rice well.
Put the rice and water into a saucepan, and cook on medium flame.
Stir the rice frequently.
Add table salt to the thick coconut milk and mix.
When the rice is properly cooked add coconut milk and stir it well on medium/low flame.
When the milk rice comes to a dough, transfer it to a flat tray or banana leaf.
Spread the milk rice on the flat tray or banana leaf evenly.
Leave it to cool for about 30 minutes.
Cut into the desired shape and serve.

Lunu Miris

Grind everything in a mortar and pestle.

Keyword Kiri Bath, Milk RIce, Sri lankan Kiri Bath, Sri lankan Milk Rice

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