Black pepper is the second most produced spice in Sri Lanka after Ceylon cinnamon. Sri Lankan cooking uses lots of black pepper in their curries and other preparations. Sri Lankan pepper like other spices from the island, is well-known for its superior inherent properties. The Piperine content in Sri Lankan black pepper is two times higher than the pepper round in other countries.
We have two type of Black pepper at RTS, ground and whole. Get in contact to order your Black pepper today.
Nutmeg and mace are native to Indonesia, but just like cloves, nutmeg trees grow quite well in Sri Lanka.
The sweet earthy flavour of nutmeg is an essential spice in seasoning flavourful desserts such as puddings, cookies, custards and cakes. Nutmeg helps to enhance the flavour of food items that use cheese, eggs, vegetables and meat products as well.
RTS offers excellent organic nutmeg that you can use in your kitchen today.
RTS curry powders are sweet, tart and fruity-spiced mix of flavours. Used in many Sri Lankan dishes, especially curries. Add towards the end of cooking for authentic flavour.
Sri Lankan cuisine is one of the most complex in South Asia. Since ancient times, traders from all over the world who came to Sri Lanka brought their native cuisines to the island, resulting in a rich diversity of cooking styles and techniques. Use our RTS in your cooking to taste true flavours of Sri Lanka.
Cloves are the most well-known in the group of flower spices. Cloves possess a strong, sweet flavour. Sri Lankans add cloves to rice as a flavouring agent, adding a couple of sticks to the cooking water. For curries, cloves are roasted in ghee. Clove oil is a natural antibiotic.
RTS only imports the finest high quality Sri Lankan cloves, hand picked and selected for the proper colour, size and percentage of stems and moisture.
There are two kinds of cinnamon: Ceylon cinnamon and Cassia cinnamon. Ceylon cinnamon has a sweeter, fresher taste than the Cassia one, and if you are cooking Sri Lankan food, donot ever replace one for the other.
Ceylon cinnamon has a soft fine appearance. Sweet, delicate and brittle with a hazel brown hue. It is an exquisite spice richer, healthier and more aromatic in flavour compared to other types of cinnamon that is grown in other countries. Sri Lanka is the number one producer and exporter of Ceylon cinnamon. At RTS we offer two types of cinnamon , whole and ground.
