Traditional Sri Lankan sweets kavum kokis aluwa milk toffee explained
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Traditional feast/festival sweets: KAVUM (deep-fried oil cake with jaggery and rice flour, festive shape), KOKIS (rosette-shaped crispy cookie, coconut milk based), ALUWA (dense semolina-and-jaggery paste, sliced into squares), MUNG KAVUM (green-gram version of kavum), ATHIRASA (jaggery treacle cakes with pandan).
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Available at bakeries (Perera & Sons, English Cake Shop), traditional-sweet stalls at festivals, and homemade during Aluth Avurudu (April New Year). All heavy, sweet, best in small portions with strong Ceylon tea. Home-made significantly better than mass-produced.
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