They vary from day to day, but you're sure to find chicken or beef rendang, sambal squid, fried and boiled eggs, beef lung, spicy beef and potato croquettes.

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I've gone through so much sambal sauce, and I tell you, one thing that I think discourages people from trying vegetarian eating is we think that the food is going to be bland.

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He received his culinary training from his mother and younger sister, who still keep an eye on things to make sure he is staying true to their recipes, including several types of curries, dal, sambal, poppadoms and spiced rice.

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Meals also usually include malum, a salad of chopped leafy greens and coconut, crispy poppadoms (a large circular piece of thin, spiced bread), dal (a type of lentil stew), coconut sambal (a spicy condiment), home-made chutney and of course, fragrant steamed rice.

BBC: Foodie paradise in Sri Lanka's hill country