Gova Kaldu

Sri Lankan cabbage and chicken broth

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.

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.

Sri Lankan cuisine

Dishes

Rice	Biryani Diyabath Idli Kaha bath Kiribath Lamprais Nasi goreng Pittu Rice and curry
Roti	Gothamba roti Kottu roti Pol roti Uraippu roti
Other	Dosa Hoppers Kankun mallung Kola kanda Kool Mee goreng Sathe String hoppers Upma

Side dishes

Bread	Gal Banis Jam paan Kimbula Banis Maalu paan Roast Paan Seeni Banis Sri Lankan tea bun Theti Paan
Curry	Curry Apple curry Beetroot curry Brinjal paal curry Cashew curry Chicken curry Kakuluwo curry (Crab curry) Elumas (Lamb curry) Ismoru (Beef curry) Jaffna lamb curry Malu Mirisata (Fish curry) Mango curry Moju (Pork curry) Murunga curry Polos (Jackfruit curry) Potato curry Pumpkin curry
Other	Malay Achcharu Babath Fish Cutlet Dal Ekor soup Gotukola Gova Kaldu Kiri hodi Mallung Papadum Rasam Sambol Katta sambal Pol sambol Seeni sambol Vaalai kai sambal Sri Lankan omelette Thakkadi