Gluten-Free Sri Lankan Recipes
Every dish here is Sri Lankan cooking that is naturally gluten-free, no swaps required, each tied to a real region and its culinary story. Prefer to wander wider? Toggle gluten-free on any recipe on the site and the ingredients rewrite themselves with regional swaps.
6 recipes
Parippu & Pol SambolSouthern Province, Sri Lanka · easy · 45 minCreamy coconut-milk red lentils with a fiery fresh coconut-chili relish, the twin pillars of a Lankan rice table.
Parippu & Pol Sambol Fish Ambul Thiyal (Sour Fish Curry)Western Province (Colombo), Sri Lanka · medium · 50 minSri Lanka’s dry sour fish curry: firm fish coated in a jet-black paste of goraka and black pepper and cooked down until every piece wears a tangy, peppery crust.
Hoppers (Appa)Southern Province, Sri Lanka · medium · 13 h 15 minBowl-shaped fermented rice-and-coconut pancakes, lacy at the edges and soft in the middle.
WatalappanSouthern Province, Sri Lanka · easy · 3 hA steamed coconut custard set with dark palm jaggery and warm spices, the festive pudding of Sri Lanka.
Isso Wade (Sri Lankan Prawn and Lentil Fritters)Western Province (Colombo), Sri Lanka · medium · 6 h 55 minCrunchy chana dal fritters spiked with onion, green chilli, curry leaves and fennel, each topped with small whole prawns and fried until deep gold, served hot with onion, chilli and lime.
Gotu Kola Sambol (Sri Lankan Pennywort and Coconut Salad)Southern Province, Sri Lanka · easy · 20 minFinely shredded pennywort leaves mixed by hand with fresh grated coconut, red onion, green chilli and tomato, sharpened with lime juice and salt, a raw green side for rice and curry.
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