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Gova Kaldu is a traditional Sri Lankan spiced cabbage and chicken broth. It was often served with Idiyappam (string hoppers).

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.

It was quite popular among elite Sinhalese families of the olden days until the early part of the 20th century.

See also

• Caldo verde
• List of soups

References

1. Gooneratne, Yasmine (1986). Relative Merits: A Personal Memoir of the Bandaranaike Family of Sri Lanka. Hurst. p. 255. ISBN 9780905838977.
2. Bandaranaike, Lakshmi Dias (1994). FDB (Contributed articles on Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike). p. 34.
3. Hussein, Asiff (5 January 2017). "The Curious Case Of 'Traditional' Sri Lankan Food And Their Foreign Origins". Roar Media. Retrieved 17 September 2020.

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