Sri Lankan Food in Toronto

Authentic halal Sri Lankan food in Toronto — kottu, biryani.

Toronto's best Sri Lankan food comes out of Scarborough's east end, and Blessed Kitchen serves it across the whole city — 100% halal, cooked to order, with the bold spice and depth that sets Sri Lankan cooking apart from its Indian neighbours.

Sri Lankan classics done properly

If you've never had it, start with mutton biryani, our Northern Sri Lankan biryani made with fresh ground spices. Regulars know to order the full Sri Lankan spread: kottu roti, devilled chicken and rice & curry.

Across Toronto and the GTA

We do takeout, delivery across the GTA, and request a catering quote for weddings, nikahs and corporate events of 1,000+ guests roughly $20 to $30 per person (quoted on menu and headcount). Authentic, halal, and worth the trip to the east end — or just have us bring it to you.

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What Sri Lankan food actually is

Sri Lankan food is island cooking: roasted curry powder, coconut in almost everything, curry leaves, pandan, Maldive fish and more chilli than most people expect. A typical home meal is rice with four to seven small dishes around it, a dhal, a vegetable curry, a meat or fish curry, a sambol and a pickle. Street food brings kottu roti, chopped loud on a hot griddle, and devilled meats stir-fried with onion and capsicum.

It overlaps with South Indian cooking, especially in Tamil kitchens, but the spice blends, the sweet-sour sides like eggplant moju and pineapple curry, and dishes like string hopper biryani and watalappan are distinctly Sri Lankan.

Where to start

• Kottu Roti, $13, with an egg omelette
• Biriyani, $12, chicken, beef, mutton or vegetable
• Chicken Devil or Beef Devil, $12.99
• Chilli Chicken, $14.99, and Chilli Shrimp, $18.99
• Boneless Mutton Devil, $14.99
• Puttu Mixed, $20, with your choice of meat, dhal curry and coconut sambol
• Coconut Roti, $12, or Roast Bread, $13
• Fried Rice, $20 to $23, and Sri Lankan Noodles, $15
• Paalandi Half Chicken, $40, for the table
• Vattalappam, $15, and Mango Lassi, $6

For a first order, get a kottu, a biryani and a devil to share, then add a watalappan.

Feeding a group in Toronto

For 20 or more people, our catering combos (roughly $20 to $30 per person (quoted on menu and headcount)) bring the full spread: biryani or ghee rice with curries, sambols, acharu and dessert. We deliver across Toronto within our range, and we cater weddings of 1,000+ guests. See catering in Toronto.

How to order

Order direct for pickup or delivery, or call for catering.

• Order direct from our kitchen for pickup or delivery, with no app markup.
• Call or text (647) 449-2924 for catering and large orders.

Blessed Kitchen, 328 Passmore Avenue, Unit 59, Scarborough. All meat is HMA-certified halal.

A first Sri Lankan order for two

Kottu Roti ($13), Chicken Devil ($12.99) and a Biriyani ($12), shared. Add a Vattalappam ($15) if you have room. That is about $53 before tax and covers street food, a hot stir-fry and the celebration rice, the three corners of Sri Lankan food.

Allergy notes

Some of our dishes contain egg (kottu, egg masala, watalappan), dairy (yogurt sambal), fish (maasi sambal is made with dried Maldives fish) and nuts (green pea cashew curry). If anyone has an allergy, tell us when you order and we will tell you what to avoid.