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Course | Dessert |
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Place of origin | Sri Lanka |
Serving temperature | Cooled |
Main ingredients | Treacle, Sugar, Rice flour |
Variations | Pani Aluwa, Seeni Aluwa, Meegamu Aluwa |
Aluwa (Sinhala: අළුවා) is a Sri Lankan sweet. It is made from roasted rice flour or potatoes with boiled treacle, cashew nuts and cardamom and is served in a flat cookie-like form.[1][2] [3] Aluwa is traditionally served in diamond or square shapes by using a wooden mould.