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