Kavum

Name: Kavum
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Sri Lankan
Ingredients: 2 cups rice flour; 1 cup kithul treacle; 1 ripe banana, mashed; Oil, for deep frying

කැවුම්/kah-VOOM/

Also known as: Oil Cake

About this dish

Deep-fried rice flour and treacle cakes, a traditional Sri Lankan New Year sweet.

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Ingredients

🍚2 cups rice flour

🍯1 cup kithul treacle

🍌1 ripe banana, mashed

🫒Oil, for deep frying

Method

Serves 2

Mix rice flour with treacle and mashed banana into a smooth batter.

Let the batter rest for a few hours.

Heat oil in a deep pan.

Pour small portions of batter into the hot oil, shaping into a rounded disc.

Fry slowly until deeply browned and cooked through.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Kavum is a traditional Sri Lankan oil cake, especially prepared for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrations.

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