Lamprais

Lamprais is a complex Sri Lankan dish usually consisting of stock-cooked short-grained rice, three meat curry (beef, pork, and lamb), wambatu moju (eggplant pickle), seeni sambol (onion relish), blanchan (shrimp paste), frikadeller meatballs, eggplant and ash plantain curry, while the common addition also includes fried boiled eggs.

All the ingredients are placed inside a banana leaf to create a parcel that is then baked in the oven. Traditional versions nowadays often substitute meat curries with other types of meat such as chicken, while fish and vegetable versions are also common.

Lamprais is believed to have originated among the Dutch Burghers, an ethnic group of Dutch, Portuguese Burghers, and Sri Lankan descent.