Kiribath is a Sri Lankan rice dish made by cooking rice with coconut milk and salt, its name combining the Sinhala words for milk and rice. It is classified as a type of rice cake or rice pudding and holds central importance in Sri Lankan cuisine, traditionally served as breakfast on the first day of each month and at ceremonies marking auspicious life transitions.
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Introduction
Kiribath (Sinhala: කිරිබත්) is a traditional Sri Lankan dish made from rice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiribath (dietary-suitability)
It is prepared by cooking rice with coconut milk, hence this name, and can be considered a form of rice cake or rice pudding.
- Uses Ingredient: Rice, Infobox main_ingredient field: Rice, coconut milk
- Uses Ingredient: Coconut Milk, Infobox main_ingredient field: Rice, coconut milk
In Cuisine: Sri Lankan Cuisine, infobox national_cuisine field
Sri Lankan cuisine
Expresses Tradition: New Year Feast Traditions, Article body
Kiribath has a very important role for the Sinhalese in celebrating the Sinhalese New Year where it will be consumed as the first meal of the year.
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