Recipe Kits
Sri Lankan Breakfast Kit
Hoppers, string hoppers and pittu in one box, with the sambol and the tea to go with them.
- Three different breakfasts, not three versions of one
- Card ordered by difficulty, easiest dish first
- Both sambols, because a plain hopper needs one
- A strong loose Ceylon black tea for the side
- Honest about the two pans you will need
Available to pre-orderSKU: CC-KIT-BRK
Size: Full kit
- Carefully packed and shipped to your door
- 14-day replacement on damaged items
- Secure checkout
Description
The island's breakfast table, boxed: hopper flour, string hopper flour, pittu mix, a pol sambol mix, a seeni sambol and a strong loose Ceylon black tea. Enough to cook three different Sri Lankan breakfasts, with a card that says which one to attempt first.
Sri Lankan breakfast is the most distinctive meal on the island and the one visitors remember longest. Lacy hoppers with an egg in the middle, string hoppers with dhal, pittu steamed in a bamboo tube with coconut through it.
It is also the meal that takes the most technique, which is why the card is ordered by difficulty. Pittu first, because it is forgiving. String hoppers second. Hoppers last, because the pan and the fermentation both take a couple of goes.
The tea is not an afterthought. A Sri Lankan breakfast without a strong cup of plain or milk tea beside it is only half the meal.
What Is Included
- Hopper flour mix, 500g
- String hopper flour, 500g
- Pittu flour mix, 500g
- Pol sambol mix, 100g
- Seeni sambol, 200g jar
- Ceylon black tea, loose leaf, 100g
- A card ordered from the easiest dish to the hardest
How to Use
- Start with pittu, which forgives a mistake
- Move to string hoppers once you have a press
- Attempt hoppers on a weekend, not a weekday
- Serve any of them with the seeni sambol and a strong tea
Cook with It
Customer Reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first to share how you cooked with it.
Frequently Asked
For hoppers, a hopper pan, and there is no way round it: the bowl shape is what makes the lacy edge and the soft middle. For string hoppers, a press. Pittu needs a mould but a steamer basket will get you close. All three are sold separately and the card says so plainly.
You May Also Like
Recipe Kits
Sri Lankan Rice and Curry Kit
One full rice and curry plate in a box: the rice, three blends, the pantry sours and a menu card.
- Built around one plate, so nothing goes unused
- Nadu rice, the everyday grain rather than a substitute
- Both curry powders, roasted and unroasted
Recipe Kits
Kottu Roti Spice Kit
The blend, the roti flour and the sauce base for the loudest street food on the island.
- The spice blend and the sauce base, which are the hard parts
- Roti flour for godamba, made the day before
- Card explains the chopping, which is technique not showmanship
Recipe Kits
Sri Lankan Pickle Kit
The spices, vinegar base and mustard for making achcharu and malay pickle at home.
- Covers both achcharu and the sweeter malay pickle
- Jars included, so nothing else to buy
- You choose the vegetables, which is the whole point
Recipe Kits
Pol Sambol Kit
The scraper, the mix and the Maldive fish, for the one dish every Sri Lankan meal has.
- The scraper, which is the actual barrier to making it
- Real Maldive fish, not a flavoured powder
- Mix enough for roughly ten sambols
Free: 5 Sri Lankan Recipes for Beginners
Dhal curry, pol sambol, yellow rice and the pantry checklist.