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Sri Lankan Wattalappam

A spiced coconut-milk and palm-sugar custard, baked in a water bath and finished with cashews.

This version of wattalappam, a Sri Lankan dessert, combines eggs, coconut milk, cream and palm sugar with cardamom, nutmeg, clove and rose water. It is baked in a water bath in small moulds and cooled before serving.

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Total time102 min
DifficultyIntermediate
servings10
Sri Lankan Wattalappam
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Method

  1. 01

    Dissolve the sugar

    Heat the palm sugar with the 100 ml of water, stirring until it dissolves and forms a syrup.

    7 min
  2. 02

    Flavour the mixture

    Stir in the cardamom, nutmeg, clove and rose water. Add the coconut milk and cream, then mix until combined.

  3. 03

    Add the eggs

    Beat the eggs and gradually pour them into the sugar and coconut mixture, stirring to combine. Strain the mixture.

  4. 04

    Bake in a water bath

    Preheat the oven to 150 °C. Divide the mixture among 10 small moulds and set them in a baking dish. Add water until it reaches about three-quarters of the moulds, then bake.

    45 min
  5. 05

    Cool and garnish

    Remove the moulds from the oven and let the custard cool completely, about 40 minutes. Top with the chopped cashews before serving.

    40 min

Sources and review

Content researched, cross-checked and automatically validated. Sources consulted:

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