Thala Karali · තල කැරලි

Two ingredients.Nothing else.

Sesame seeds and kithul jaggery, roasted and rolled by hand. No sugar syrup, no preservatives, no colouring — which is also why a pack only keeps three months.

A sealed Sweet Hut pack of twenty individually wrapped thala karali rolls

The sweet

A sweet that predates the sugar aisle

Thala karali is what Sri Lankan kitchens made before confectionery arrived in wrappers. Sesame is dry-roasted until it smells like toast, pounded with kithul jaggery while still warm, then rolled into short logs and left to set firm. Nothing is added to make it last, so nothing has to be explained on the label.

We make it in small batches, wrap each roll individually, and date-stamp the pack the day it leaves the kitchen. Order the size you want here and we will send it to you.

Sesame, whole

Dry-roasted in the pan, never milled to a paste.

Kithul jaggery

The only sweetener. No refined sugar syrup.

Dated, not preserved

Three months from the day it is made. That's the whole shelf life.

Sent island-wide

Sent by courier anywhere on the island.

Order

Three sizes, one recipe

Every roll is individually wrapped, so a pack can be opened and left in the tin without going soft.

Prices as printed on the pack

Sweet Hut pack of ten thala karali rolls

10 Rolls

The introduction. One sitting, one pot of tea, no regrets.

Rs. 400 Rs. 40.00 / roll
Most ordered Sweet Hut pack of twenty thala karali rolls

20 Rolls

The house pack. Enough to share and still hide a few away.

Rs. 790 Rs. 39.50 / roll
Sweet Hut bulk pack of fifty thala karali rolls

50 Rolls

The Avurudu table, the office tray, the wedding favour run.

Rs. 2,000 Rs. 40.00 / roll

What's inside

The label, in full

Ingredients
Sesame seeds, jaggery
Sugar
33.9 g / 100 g
Fat
22.9 g / 100 g
Salt
0 g / 100 g
Shelf life
3 months
Registration
WPPI1877

Every pack carries its own manufacture and best-before dates and a batch number. Contains sesame.

The fifty-roll bulk pack, with each roll individually wrapped inside
50-roll bulk pack · individually wrapped

Contact

Talk to the kitchen

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