How to make Wattalapam

Dubai based Sri Lankan expat shares her recipe of the traditional Sri Lankan dessert Wattalappam

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00:50So it is vattalappam.

00:52So we need eggs, jaggery, coconut milk, and cardamoms.

00:58That's it.

00:59It's a traditional dish like when we have Eid or any occasion,

01:02like we always have vattalappam.

01:04The best part is that you have to get the original good kithul jaggery.

01:08So if you have the good jaggery, the vattalappam will be really soft,

01:12dark in color, and good taste.

01:14This dish is unique because it is handed down from generation to generation

01:21in the Muslim community among their people.

01:24And any festival occasions in Sri Lanka, whether Eid or weddings especially,

01:30this has to be there.

01:33What I heard from the people in Sri Lanka is that actually this originally came

01:39from Malaysia and Indonesia.

01:42So somehow our people have perfected it.