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Kokis is a Sri Lankan dessert with Dutch origins, consisting of a batter made with coconut milk, eggs, and rice flour. The batter is coated around decorative molds and deep-fried in coconut oil until it develops a crispy texture. Kokis can be consumed as an appetizer, snack, or a dessert, and it is especially popular around Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrations.
Mutton rolls are Sri Lankan snacks or appetizers consisting of pancakes that are filled with potatoes, onions, and mutton, which are then wrapped and deep-fried. The pancakes are usually prepared with flour, eggs, milk, and water. After they have been shaped into rolls, the pancakes are dipped in batter, rolled in breadcrumbs, then deep-fried in very hot oil.
It is recommended to serve them with chili-based dipping sauces on the side.
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Appam is a popular Indian bowl-shaped pancake made from a batter of rice and coconut milk. Typically consumed for breakfast or dinner, appam is most popular in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, and Kerala, where it is culturally linked to the Syrian Christians called the Nasranis, who bake appam on a stone.
According to an American food writer and historian, Gil Marks, the pancake first appeared in the southern tip of India. Although not much is known about the history of appam, some also speculate that it originated from Jewish communities in India.
Today, it is traditionally served with spicy condiments such as coconut milk curry.
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