Sri Lankan food and South Indian food overlap so you will find they both have vadas, kottus, hoppers and many more items.
On my recent search for a South Indian/Sri Lankan fix, I discovered that there are so many of these shops plotted on London Road near Croydon Hospital.
Each and everyone is different and unique in their own ways.
I ended up trying Indo - Ceylon Spice Restaurant, Sambal Express, Rotti Mama and Colombo Express.
I tried the chicken liver curry, vada and Pittu from Rotti Mama,
Onion and Chilli vada from Ceylon,
Spinach vada, dhal vada and a sweet dessert Watalappam from Colombo Express,
Spinach vada from Sambal Express.
I was definitely bowled over by the chicken liver curry which was velvety pieces of chicken liver in a fiery curry paste.
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| chicken liver curry from Rotti Mama |
The pittu was basically coconut and grounded rice compacted into a cylindrical shape, best eaten with curries.
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| spinach vada and red rice pittu from Rotti Mama |
The rest of the items I tried was the vada.
You can think of vada as a morish fluffy crispy lentil doughnut which is similar to potato in the middle and there are many flavours available like plain, spinach, spicy, onions etc.
Different shops will have their own recipes and flavours but personally Colombo Express was my favourite for the vadas while the vada from Indo - Ceylon had a nice Sichuan peppercorn kick.
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| Spinach vada |
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| Vada, Mixed spices vada and Spinach vada |
Finished with sweet dessert Watalappam which tasted like custard pudding with cinnamon.
Indo - Ceylon Spice Restaurant, 337 London Road:
Sambal Express, 332 London Road:
Rotti Mama, 341 London Road
Colombo Express, 255 London Road:
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