Incredible UNSEEN FOOD in Sri Lanka - Indigenous Vedda Tribe!

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SRI LANKAN FOOD - Sri Lanka is known As the pearl of the Indian Ocean, and that's because it really is a gem of an island. Today we had the privilege to visit an Indigenous Vedda Sri Lankan Village, where they prepared for us some traditional Sri Lankan food.

We first arrived to the lake, where we then had to take a boat across the lake, and then walk for about 30 minutes to get the village. The lush greenery, and an actual beauty was pristine. It started raining, so we just stopped cup of tea.

We arrived at the village, and we were greeted with open hands and an extremely warm welcom. The Aunty started cooking, a number of different dishes using millet, and the main dish with fresh deer meat. The food was unlike other Sri Lankan food I had before, and relied mainly on crops and ingredients they grew themselves locally.

It was an honor to experience Vedda culture and tradition, and food. Even though Uncle and I could not speak the same language or communicate verbally, it was hugely rewarding to just sit next to Uncle, smile, and share thoughts and positivity.

This was one of the most memorable meals and experiences I had in Sri Lanka.

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1. VEDDA PEOPLE
ADDRESS: Mahiyanganaya area

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????????PEACOCK (MASSA DISH): Use three sticks to make a tripod and fold some sticks to make a rack. Put the tripod on the fire and place the peacock meat on the rack to smoke.

????????PEACOCK (BOILED DISH): Place the meat in a water pot. Season with salt and chili powder. Add more water and pepper. Put the pot on the fire and squeeze some lime on top. Add more flour liquid.

????????PEACOCK (PRESERVED): Cut the smoking meat,, then put honey on the meat & keep the meat for up to a month

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SRI LANKAN TRIBAL FOOD ???????? Eating JUNGLE CURRY with Vedda Tribe in Sri Lanka!

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Today we have a very special episode from Sri Lanka. We are taking you deep into the Sri Lankan forest to introduce the culture of the Vedda people. The Veddas are the indigenous people of Sri Lanka, and have inhabited the island long before any other groups. They used to inhabit the coasts, the mountains and regions from North to South Sri Lanka. Sadly, there aren’t many Veddas left.

Today, we are meeting a local Vedda and to get to him we will need to take a boat. We are joining our friends from Ojaye Camp (Check them out: & Chathura, who is a local to this area and can speak the Vedda language. Thank you so much Ojaye Camp!

Meet Suda, a Vedda tribesman from the Mahiyanganaya region of Sri Lanka. As you can see from his bow and arrow, belongings and shelter, Veddas are hunter-gatherers. The jungles and nearby lake are rich with natural resources, and Suda had tons of local spices with him. He also recently hunted nearby, and had fresh meat to cook into a curry.

Watching the process of Suda cook was impressive. Everything was made by hand from scratch with ingredients foraged from the nearby lands. Even the wood fire was lit with flint and stone! Suda prepared many dishes like Thalapa (boiled cornmeal), meat curry and wood-fire roti. The food prepared was absolutely delicious!!!

Suda, along with other Veddas are preserving their identity, culture and traditions in Sri Lanka, and we recommend learning about the indigenous people and their history through meeting them and experiencing something like this. The Veddas have their own language, rituals, hunting and survival techniques. Even their own cuisine! We would like to thank Chathura, of Ojaye Camp, for helping us to learn about the Sri Lankan Veddas! Go check them out!
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1. FISH MARKET GURU NAGAR
ADDRESS: Reclamation Rd, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
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????????CRAB CURRY: Pour coconut milk onto the cut crabs, then add liquid salt, tamarind juice, Jaffna curry powder, chopped onions, curry leaves, and ginger-garlic paste. Put the pot on the fire and cook for 20 minutes. Mix the curry. Add more coconut milk. Cook for 15 minutes.

????????STIR-FRIED CUTTLEFISH: Place fenugreek and fennel seeds in hot coconut oil. Add garlic and mix. Add curry leaves, chopped onions, liquid salt, and green chilies and put into the pot. Keep mixing. Place the cuttlefishes in and add salt liquid, ginger- garlic paste. Mix and close the lid. Add Jaffna curry powder and tamarind juice. Mix and allow it to cook for 15 minutes.

????????RAAL SODI (SHRIMP CURRY SOUP): Pour coconut milk into a pot with chopped onions, green chilies, salt liquid, and turmeric powder. Squeeze chopped tomatoes and put them into the pot with lime juice. Place the pot on the fire and then put shrimp into the pot. Cook for 15 minutes.

????????STRING HOPPER: Add hot water to liquid salt and pour into rice flour. Mix well. Place the dough into a string hopper maker. Stack the hoppers into a steam pot for 5 minutes.

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ADDRESS: 250 Kovil Rd, Jaffna 40000, Sri Lanka
INTERVIEWEES: MR. NEELAN SIVA

????????KURUMA (MIXED VEGETABLE DISH)
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????PRICE: 230 LKR/$0.62 USD per piece

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If you see any factual food errors in my videos, please feel free to politely let me know in the comments. I'm a huge fan of trying different, interesting foods in each country. My show is from a Western point of view, but more importantly, MY point of view. It is not meant to offend any person or culture.
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Sri Lanka's Last Indigenous People - The Oldest Living Inhabitants In The Country ????????

Sri Lanka's Last Indigenous People - The Veddas were traditionally forest dwellers, who foraged, hunted and lived in close-knit groups in caves in the dense jungles of Sri Lanka. But most people haven't heard of them.

Despite being Sri Lanka's earliest inhabitants, many people know little to nothing about them. Today Veddas are thought to account for less than 1% of the national population.

Vedda, also spelled Veddah, people of Sri Lanka who were that island’s aboriginal inhabitants prior to the 6th century BCE. They adopted Sinhala and now no longer speak their own language. Ethnically, they are allied to the indigenous jungle peoples of southern India and to early populations in Southeast Asia. They have now been largely absorbed into the modern Sinhalese population; in 1911 they were reported to number about 5,300, by 1964 the government estimated their population at about 800, and by the 1970s they had virtually ceased to exist as a separate community.

The aboriginal material culture and subsistence patterns of the Vedda were extremely simple. They lived in caves and rock shelters, wore bark-cloth clothing, hunted game with bows and arrows, and gathered wild plants and honey. Their religion was essentially a cult of the dead; ancestral spirits were believed to enter the bodies of shamans, through whom they communicated with their descendants.

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WELIGAMA, SRI LANKA

Weligama is a beautiful town on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, and they happen to have some incredible local food. During the Best of Sri Lanka Food Tour with The Hungry Tourist, we were invited by Uchith and Nick to a relatives home, where they prepared a massive home cooked village cooking and eating experience.

I went a little early to see some of the Sri Lankan food cooking and as they prepared all the dishes. Most of the Sri Lankan food dishes were prepared in earthenware clay pots, cooked over fire to give each dish an incredible complexity and smokiness.

There were more than 19 different Sri Lankan food dishes that they prepared and that we tasted during the day. Some of the dishes were local regional southern Sri Lankan food, and each was spectacular in flavor and complexity of spice.

I wanted to take a little of every single dish, and my plate piled up so high, I didn’t ever realize it. It was an absolutely Sri Lankan food feast!

Huge thank you to Uchith, Nick, and Lakk from The Station LK for hosting us at their family home and for putting on a spectacular home cooked village food experience in Sri Lanka!

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BATTICALOA, SRI LANKA - After visiting Kandy and Central Sri Lanka, we drove to the East coast of Sri Lanka, and first to Batticaloa, a wonderful city surrounded by lagoons. Ruzaina arranged for us to meet up with the Sri Lanka Special Forces to cook lunch and eat in their mess hall, but it turned out to be more of an adventure than just that!

We arrived to the Special Forces base camp, and they were already cooking the meal for lunch. But also our plan for the day was to buy a fish and cook a big fish, so the Captain called his fisherman friend, and he had a special type of shark (which is commonly eaten in Sri Lanka) and said it was his favorite. So we ended up getting the shark to cook and share with the entire Special Forces unit. We ended up missing the main lunch, but we had lunch in the General's office instead with the delicious mix of local dishes and the addition of the shark curry. It was a privilege to have this opportunity.

Sri Lankan Batticaloa food - In the evening we were invited to a local home in Batticaloa to eat a typical regional Batticaloa Sri Lankan food meal. The meat blew me away with the flavors and ingredients, and it was my first time to eat mountain knotgrass, which was delicious.

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COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - Sri Lankan food is known for crabs, and you’ll find some of the best mud crabs you’ll ever try in Sri Lanka. One of the top places to eat Sri Lankan crab curry is The Station, a seafood restaurant and bar along the ocean in Colombo. During out best of Sri Lankan food tour ( this was the first meal we had, and it was outstanding.

I met up with Uchith ( Nick ( and Lakki ( who showed me the restaurant and took me to the kitchen to watch as they made their entire family recipe for Sri Lankan crab curry, using huge 1.5 kg. Sri Lankan mud crabs. It was fascinating and a learning experiences to watch all the different steps and the complicated ingredients used in their recipe.

As I kept watching the Sri Lankan crab curry being made, I could hardly contain my excitement or mouth juices!

Our entire group came, and they started bringing out more dishes - not just the Sri Lankan crab curry, but river prawns fried in black pepper, and spiny lobster hollowed out and re-added to its shell. It was stunningly good. Along with Sri Lankan food, The Station also has a few of their own unique, Sri Lankan fusion seafood dishes, including favorites like hot butter squid.

Sri Lankan crab curry - we had one pan of their original Sri Lankan family recipe crab curry, and one pan of their extra spicy crab curry. Both were outstanding, but I loved the original for the spice blend and balance and how all the juices soaked up into the crab, it was outstanding.

The Sri Lankan food and crab curry was outstanding, the people, our entire group, and the owners of The Station are incredible people as well. Thank you to The Station, Nick, Uchitch and Lakki.

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Thuna Paha Restaurant - For dinner we went to a Sri Lankan restaurant that serves a variety of Sri Lankan food. Again, their crab curry was delicious, but totally different, and they also served pork black curry which was outstanding.

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KANNUR, INDIA - During out time in Kerala, we had a chance to learn about the countryside village life, make a number of outstanding chutneys with the Queen of Chutney, have an exquisite local lunch, and end the day with a whole goat prepared Malabar style - a mix of Indian and Arabian flavors and techniques. #Kerala #India #IndianFood

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What I love so much about Indian food is how diverse it is, and the mind-blowing combinations of spices, ingredients, and flavors that go into every dish. After attempting to harvest some mussels and hanging out with fishermen for a while, we headed back to the village to start cooking. The highlight at the beginning of the day was a green passion fruit chutney.

Indian food lunch - For lunch, we headed back to Seashell Haris Beach Home where they prepared an outstanding local Kerala lunch of a variety of different dishes, all together with fried pomfret.

Whole masala goat - Mr. Haris then prepared for us an entire goat, a small but flavorful goat, rubbed in a huge amount of masala paste - I like to call it the Kerala spice treatment. It was delicious and a perfect way to end this amazing day of village Indian food in Kerala!

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COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - We went on an ultimate Sri Lankan street food tour of Colombo, starting from the outskirts of the city and working our way into the market, and all the way to the Galle Face coast. Colombo is a fantastic city, vibrant, and calm and relaxing all the at the same time, and an array of delicious food.

Breakfast roti - We started in the morning for a classic Sri Lankan food breakfast, roti, stuffed with egg, chopped up and topped with curry sauce and dall. It was delicious, especially followed with ginger tea. Total price - 200 LKR ($1.12)

Milano Hotel (Restaurant) - For lunch, Ruzaina and I went to eat at one of her favorite Sri Lankan local restaurants serving a mix of rice and curry. Highly recommended. Total price - 760 LKR ($4.24)

New Paris Hotel - One of my favorite Sri Lankan foods is hoppers, and more specifically egg hoppers - a combinations of rice flour batter and coconut milk, fried in a rounded skillet and topped with an egg. Egg hoppers - 40 LKR ($0.22) each

Pettah - We continued this Sri Lankan street food tour to Pettah, a busy business district of Colombo. We met up with Abram: to do some more eating.

Fruit - 100 LKR ($0.56) - First we stopped to eat some pickled and candied fruit. I especially liked the black pepper rub on some of the fruit like the pineapple.

Bombay Sweetmeat Mart - One of the popular local Sri Lankan things to eat in Pettah is faluda and samosas. Pretty good, but I’m not huge on faluda. Total price - 320 LKR ($1.79)

Intestines and chicken necks - 390 LKR ($2.18) - Next we stopped to eat intestines and tripe, and chicken necks. All of it was pretty tasty, my kind of snack.

Brains - 660 LKR ($3.68) - Next up on this Sri Lankan street food tour, we had a huge bite of brains, all of us.

Galle Face - Finally, to end this Sri Lankan food tour, we headed to the most iconic area of Colombo - Galle Face. In the evening you’ll find food vendors setting up, selling snacks and quick meals. Isso Vadai - 200 LKR ($1.12) - are fried little fritters of shrimp and crab, and it’s something you’ve got to try. I ended with special kottu roti - 600 LKR ($3.35).

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