How to pronounce Kokis

Kokis is written කොකිස් where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /kokis/. In plain English letters that is KO-kiss, 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 Kokis?

Kokis is a snack of Sri Lanka. Where it comes from: All Sri Lanka. People usually eat it on festive days and as a snack. Its main ingredients are rice and egg. It tastes savory.

Where Kokis comes from

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

• Kiribath කිරිබත් · Rice dish · All Sri Lanka

  Kiribath, "milk rice" in Sinhala, is rice cooked in salted coconut milk until the grains turn soft and porridge-like, and in Tamil it is called paal soru.

• 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.

• 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 Kokis in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Kokis:

• Bánh căn · Snack · South Central Coast, Vietnam

  Bánh căn are small rice-flour cakes baked over charcoal in clay or cast-iron moulds with many round hollows.

• Khanom bueang ขนมเบื้อง · Snack · Central Thailand, Thailand

  Khanom bueang are crisp, taco-shaped Thai crêpes.

• Dhuska धुस्का · Snack · Jharkhand, India

  Dhuska, also spelled dhooska, is a deep-fried snack eaten all over Jharkhand and one of the delicacies of Jharkhandi cuisine; it is also known in neighbouring West Bengal and Bihar.

• Chwee kueh 水粿 · Snack · Hawker centres, Singapore

  Chwee kueh, "water rice cake", is a steamed rice cake that began in Teochew cooking and was brought by Teochew migrants to Southeast Asia, where it became established above all in Malaysia and Singapore.