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Aasmi

Lacy Sri Lankan rice-flour sweets with coloured sugar syrup.

About Aasmi

Chef Meththa N. Ekanayake’s aasmee is presented as a traditional Sri Lankan sweet. Rice flour and coconut milk form its base, with juice from locally named daul kurundu leaves and a coloured sugar-syrup finish.

Coconut milk enriches the batter, while the syrup provides its sweetness. Salt seasons the base; the leaf extract supplies the characteristic flowing batter described in the recipe.

The sweet forms fine, overlapping strands with a light, crisp texture. Its folded form carries decorative syrup patterns, retaining the chef’s two-stage fried preparation.

Allergens in this recipe

Allergen details are not yet confirmed.

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Ingredients in Aasmi

Chef Meththa N. Ekanayake’s Sri Lankan daul-kurundu aasmee.

Rice flourBase
Coconut milkLiquid
Daul kurundu leavesBinderIngredient page not linked
Refined oilCooking medium
SaltSeasoning
SugarSweetener
Edible food colouringFinishIngredient page not linked
WaterLiquid

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

Rice flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Daul kurundu leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source list abbreviated as cinnamon; method explicitly local daul kurundu leaf extract. Precise botanical identity unadjudicated, not automatically true cinnamon.
Refined oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader cooking-oil candidate; refining and plant identity unprovided, same oil media in two fry stages.
Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Edible food colouring: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Colour and product formulation unprovided.
Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit syrup water. No extraction water invented; coconut milk adjustment consolidated in its required ingredient.

Origins & food traditions

Countries

Sri Lanka
Sri LankaCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

Sri Lankan Cuisine
Sri Lankan CuisineCatalogue link pending review

AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

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