title: Gova Kaldu
text: # Gova Kaldu
  
  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.
  
  