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Athirasa

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Sri Lankan cuisine

Athirasa is a very popular and culturally important Sinhalese sweet. Diamond or round shaped batter deep fried in hot oil.

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Athirasam [(Sinhala: අතිරස) means extremely tasty)] is a sweet in Sri Lankan cuisine. It is a sweet-cake of jaggery and rice flour made into a paste flattened into circles and fried. Athirasa is also famous in India for Diwali. Athirasa is served on festive occasions along with other sweets such as Kavum, Kokis, and Aluwa.

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