Gova Kaldu

Gova Kaldu
TypeSoup
Place of originSri Lanka
Main ingredientsCabbage, Chicken

Gova Kaldu is a traditional Sri Lankan spiced cabbage and chicken broth.[1] It was often served with Idiyappam (string hoppers).[2]

This dish is most likely of Portuguese origin, its name, kaldu is derived from caldo, the Portuguese name for broth and gova from the Portuguese cabbage known as couve tronchuda.[3]

It was quite popular among elite Sinhalese families of the olden days until the early part of the 20th century.

See also

References

  1. ^ Gooneratne, Yasmine (1986). Relative Merits: A Personal Memoir of the Bandaranaike Family of Sri Lanka. Hurst. p. 255. ISBN 9780905838977.
  2. ^ Bandaranaike, Lakshmi Dias (1994). FDB (Contributed articles on Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike). p. 34.
  3. ^ Hussein, Asiff (5 January 2017). "The Curious Case Of 'Traditional' Sri Lankan Food And Their Foreign Origins". Roar Media. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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