Traditional hillcountry food at tea estate homestays near Kandy
We are staying at a homestay in the Hanthana hills near Kandy. What authentic local food and tea culture experiences should we ask for.
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Homestays in the Kandy hills offer incredible food. Ask your host to make fresh Coconut Roti baked over a wood fire, served with Lunu Miris (spicy onion paste). Since you are in the tea country, ask for "Kahata" — plain, strong black tea brewed with fresh local leaves, usually drunk while biting into a piece of sweet palm jaggery (Hakuru).
Also ask for Kandyan-style jackfruit curry. The slow-cooked flavor is amazing in the cold hills.
If they offer to let you help scrape the coconut in the kitchen, do it! It is a really fun cultural experience.
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