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Athirasam (Tamil old name Amutharasam or Athiraha) is a sweet in Sri Lankan cuisine. It is a sweet-cake of jaggery and rice flour made into a paste flattened into circles and fried. Athirasa is also famous in India for Diwali. Athirasa is served on festive occasions along with other sweets such as Kavum, Kokis, and Aluwa.

References

1. Pillai, N. Vanamamalai (1982). Temples of the Setu and Rameswaram. Kunj. p. 91.
2. Alles, Doreen (1997). Traditional foods & cookery down the ages Volume 2 of Facets of Sri Lanka. D. Alles. p. 60. ISBN 955-96018-1-4.
3. ^ "Athirasa | Traditional Sweet Pastry From Sri Lanka | TasteAtlas". www.tasteatlas.com. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
4. Gunasekera, Manique (2005). The postcolonial identity of Sri Lankan's English. Katha Publishers. p. 295. ISBN 955-1115-00-7.
5. de Silva, Deema (2002). Life cycle rituals among the Sinhalese. Sridevi. p. 11. ISBN 955-9419-19-6.

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