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Watalappam, the Glossary

Watalappam (also called watalappan or vattalappam) (Sri Lankan Malay: serikaya) is a Sri Lankan coconut custard pudding made of coconut milk or condensed milk, jaggery, cashew nuts, eggs, various spices, including cardamom, cloves, and nutmeg, and sometimes thick pandan juice or grated vanilla pods.^[1]

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Sri Lankan desserts and sweets

Cardamom

Cardamom, sometimes cardamon or cardamum, is a spice made from the seeds of several plants in the genera Elettaria and Amomum in the family Zingiberaceae.

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Cashew

Cashew is the common name of a tropical evergreen tree Anacardium occidentale, in the family Anacardiaceae.

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Clove

Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum.

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Coconut

The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus Cocos.

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Coconut jam

Coconut jam, also known as kaya jam or simply kaya, is a sweet spread made from a base of coconut milk, eggs, sugar and sometimes pandan leaves as a flavouring. Watalappam and coconut jam are custard desserts and foods containing coconut.

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Coconut milk

Coconut milk is an opaque, milky-white liquid extracted from the grated pulp of mature coconuts. Watalappam and coconut milk are foods containing coconut.

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Condensed milk

Condensed milk is cow's milk from which water has been removed (roughly 60% of it).

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Custard

Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on sweetened milk, cheese, or cream cooked with egg or egg yolk to thicken it, and sometimes also flour, corn starch, or gelatin. Watalappam and Custard are custard desserts.

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Daily News (Sri Lanka)

The Daily News is an English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka.

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Dessert

Dessert is a course that concludes a meal.

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Dutch Ceylon

Dutch Ceylon (ලන්දේසි ලංකාව; ஒல்லாந்த இலங்கை) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company.

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Eggs as food

Humans and their hominid relatives have consumed eggs for millions of years.

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Eid al-Fitr

Eid al-Fitr (lit) is the earlier of the two official holidays celebrated within Islam (the other being Eid al-Adha).

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Islam in Sri Lanka

Islam is the third largest religion in Sri Lanka, with about 9.7 percent of the total population following the religion.

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Jaggery

Jaggery is a traditional non-centrifugal cane sugar consumed in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Central America, Brazil and Africa. Watalappam and Jaggery are Sri Lankan desserts and sweets.

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List of custard desserts

This is a list of custard desserts, comprising prepared desserts that use custard as a primary ingredient. Watalappam and list of custard desserts are custard desserts.

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Malays (ethnic group)

Malays (Orang Melayu, Jawi) are an Austronesian ethnoreligious group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as the smaller islands that lie between these locations.

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Nutmeg

Nutmeg is the seed, or the ground spice derived from that seed, of several tree species of the genus Myristica; fragrant nutmeg or true nutmeg (M. fragrans) is a dark-leaved evergreen tree cultivated for two spices derived from its fruit: nutmeg, from its seed, and mace, from the seed covering.

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Pandanus amaryllifolius

Pandanus amaryllifolius is a tropical plant in the Pandanus (screwpine) genus, which is commonly known as pandan. It has fragrant leaves which are used widely for flavouring in the cuisines of Southeast Asia.

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Pudding

Pudding is a type of food.

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Ramadan

Ramadan (Ramaḍān; also spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), prayer (salah), reflection, and community.

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Spice

In the culinary arts, a spice is any seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance in a form primarily used for flavoring or coloring food.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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Sri Lanka Malay language

Sri Lankan Malay (also known as Sri Lankan Creole Malay, Bahasa Melayu, Ja basawa and Java mozhi) is a creole language spoken in Sri Lanka, formed as a mixture of Sinhala and Shonam (Sri Lankan Muslim Tamil), with Malay being the major lexifier.

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Sri Lankan cuisine

Sri Lankan cuisine is known for its particular combinations of herbs, spices, fish, vegetables, rices, and fruits.

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Sri Lankan Malays

Sri Lankan Malays (Shri Lanka Mæle Janathava (Standard); මැලේ මිනිස්සු / ජා මිනිස්සු Mæle Minissu / Ja Minissu (Colloquially)), historically known as Ceylon Malays, are Sri Lankan citizens with full or partial ancestry from the Indonesian Archipelago, Malaysia, or Singapore.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watalappam

Also known as Vatlappam.