Lunumiris is purely made out of grinding dried chilli flacks with sea salt. Many people use this term loosely to the commonly known derivative of this so called Katta sambol. An altered version of lunu miris commonly used throughout Sri Lanka which is another similar preparation where you grind on a granite grinding stone or pound in a mortar and pastel to make like a salsa made out of red onions, dried chilli flakes, maldive fish, sea salt and lime juice. It is the katta sambole which is famous through Sri Lanka and lunumiris was a traditional paste used to accompany foods like hoppers, vada and Kiribath

Kiribath

Kiribath is a traditional Sri Lankan dish made from rice. The word is a compound with a transparent meaning in the Sinhala language, where kiri means "milk" and bath means "rice". The dish is prepared by cooking rice with coconut milk, whence this name. In Tamil, the dish is called paacor...

(milk rice) in the rural setting . Lunumiris can still be seen in some villages and rural settings. Katta sambol is freely available in all parts of Sri Lanka.

External links

• How To Make Lunu Miris on srilankacooking.com
• Recipe on infolanka.com