How to pronounce Mallung

Mallung is written මැල්ලුම where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /mællum/. In plain English letters that is MAL-lung, 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 Mallung?

Mallung is a main dish of Sri Lanka. Where it comes from: All Sri Lanka. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are vegetables. It tastes fresh and savory.

Where Mallung comes from

Mallung 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.

• 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 Mallung in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Mallung:

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  Chakhokhbili is a traditional Georgian dish of chicken stewed with tomatoes and fresh herbs.

• Leipziger Allerlei · Main dish · Leipzig (Saxony), Germany

  Leipziger Allerlei, "Leipzig all sorts", is a traditional vegetable dish named after the city of Leipzig and served either as a main course or a side.

• Cappon magro · Main dish · Genoa, Italy

  Cappon magro is a towering Genoese salad of fish and vegetables, built into a pyramid on a base of ship's biscuits rubbed with garlic and soaked in vinegar.