Sri Lanka: The Food Equivalent of a Rainforest

 I  chose Sri Lanka to research because it is a very diverse place with tons of food. It has so many different foods like Lamprais(meat, rice, and sambal chili sauce wrapped in a banana leaf), Kukul mas curry (chicken curry), Hoppers(a sort of egg pancake), and Polos (jackfruit curry). However, the main food consumed is rice. People usually accompany the rice with a spicy curry. Normally, there is a main curry made of fish, chicken, or mutton, and a few other vegetable/lentil curries in a typical Sri Lankan meal. Chutneys and sambol are sort of like dipping sauces to complement the meal because they can give flavor to normally bland rice. An example of sambol is coconut sambol, made with scraped coconut, chili peppers, dried fish, and lime juice. There are a variety of foods in Sri Lanka that all sound mouthwatering and unique, and I hope I can visit there again one day to try more of these delectable dishes. Have any of you ever tried these foods before in Sri Lanka? If so, did they taste drastically different from Sri Lankan food from restaurants in America? Tell me below, because I'm really curious.