A mix of Sri Lankan Eid and Avurudhu celebratory sweets. Clockwise from bottom left: boondi, dodol, mung kawum, murukku, and date bars. Poruthota, Negombo, April 2024.
A celebratory breakfast dish from southern India and Sri Lanka, rice and mung beans are cooked in coconut milk, sweetened with jaggery (sakkarai), and flavoured with raisins and nuts. Colombo, Sri Lanka. May 2018.
Son of the Morning Light 