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Kiribath (milk rice) is a traditional Sri Lankan dish made from rice. The word is a compound with a transparent meaning in the Sinhala language where kiri (කිරි) means milk and bath (pronounced buth) (ඛත්) means rice. Kiribath can be considered a form of Rice pudding. The dish is prepared by cooking rice with coconut milk whence this name. In Tamil the dish is called paalchoru.