How to pronounce Kiribath

Kiribath is written කිරිබත් where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /kiɾibat̪/. In plain English letters that is KI-ri-bath, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Kiribath?

Kiribath is a rice dish of Sri Lanka. Where it comes from: All Sri Lanka. People usually eat it for breakfast and on festive days. Its main ingredients are rice. It tastes rich and savory.

Where Kiribath comes from

Kiribath is one of 14 signature dishes of Sri Lanka on this map.

• Pol sambol පොල් සම්බෝල · Snack · All Sri Lanka

  Pol sambol, in Tamil thenkai sambal, is a Sri Lankan coconut relish of freshly grated coconut, shallots, dried chillies or chilli powder, lime juice and salt, often with flakes of Maldives fish, the smoked and cured tuna used across the island's cooking.

• Seeni sambol සීනි සම්බෝල · Snack · All Sri Lanka

  Seeni sambol, also called sini sambol or sawi sambol, is a Sri Lankan relish of onions cooked slowly until they caramelise, with a taste that is spicy, sweet and aromatic at once.

• Kiri hodi කිරි හොදි · Main dish · All Sri Lanka

  Kiri hodi, literally "milk curry", is a fragrant Sri Lankan gravy of coconut milk, either the thick first pressing or the thinner second one, with fenugreek seeds, cinnamon and turmeric, which gives it its yellow colour; onions, green chillies, garlic, curry leaves and pandan leaf add flavour.

• Mallung මැල්ලුම · Main dish · All Sri Lanka

  Mallung, or mallum, from a word meaning "wilted", is a Sri Lankan side dish of finely shredded leafy greens lightly cooked with grated coconut, red onion and spices.

• Kokis කොකිස් · Snack · All Sri Lanka

  Kokis is a crisp, deep-fried Sri Lankan snack made by dipping a decorative mould, often shaped like a flower and called a kokis achchuwa, into a thick batter of rice flour, coconut milk and beaten egg, then into boiling coconut oil; halfway through, the kokis is shaken off the mould to finish frying.

• Kavum කැවුම් · Dessert · All Sri Lanka

  Kavum, or kevum, also called oil cake, is a deep-fried Sri Lankan sweet made from rice flour and kithul treacle, the syrup of the sugar palm, fried to a golden brown.

Food of Sri Lanka

Dishes like Kiribath in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Kiribath:

• Ven pongal வெண் பொங்கல் · Rice dish · Tamil Nadu, India

  Pongal, meaning "to boil over", is a dish of rice cooked in boiling milk that is popular among the Tamil people of South India and Sri Lanka.

• Kacchi biryani কাচ্চি বিরিয়ানি · Rice dish · Dhaka, Bangladesh

  Kacchi biryani is a special form of biryani in which raw meat is cooked together with fragrant rice, ghee or oil and warm spices.

• Khao mok kai ข้าวหมกไก่ · Rice dish · Southern Thailand, Thailand

  Khao mok kai is the Thai chicken biryani.

• Nasi lemak · Rice dish · Malay Peninsula, Malaysia

  Nasi lemak means "rich rice": rice cooked in coconut milk with pandan leaf, served with spicy sambal, fried anchovies, roasted peanuts, cucumber and a boiled egg, traditionally wrapped in a banana leaf.