The Vision
In 2025, Meatless Monday Sri Lanka (MMSL) and SLYCAN Trust launched the Compendium of Plant-based Protein Sources in Sri Lanka to promote nutritious, locally rooted, and climate-friendly diets.
Building on this work, ‘A Plant-Based Plate’ is a practical, hands-on cooking session in collaboration with Shehana from Curry O’ Clock. The session brings sustainable eating out of theory and onto the plate– through local ingredients, and shared experience.
The event brings together food entrepreneurs, home cooks, hospitality professionals, and anyone curious about plant-based food to explore the connection between nutrition, local ingredients, and food innovation.
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Event Objectives
Turning plant-based food knowledge into practical, everyday cooking
Translate knowledge from the Compendium of Plant-based Protein Sources in Sri Lanka into practical, hands-on learning through live cooking.
Promote the use of locally sourced, climate-friendly plant-based ingredients in everyday cooking.
Showcase food innovation and increase visibility for local plant-based entrepreneurs.
Encourage dialogue and exchange on sustainable diets and climate-positive choices.
Strengthen linkages between plant-based food innovators and the HORECA sector.
What's Cooking?
Live Cooking Demo
Led by Shehana from Curry O’ Clock, featuring protein-rich, plant-based ingredients from EthicalX cohort members.
Featured Local Crops
A closer look at two locally available, protein-rich crops highlighted in the Compendium.
Community Tasting
The evening concludes with a shared plant-based meal and informal networking.
Participation
Participation is open to the public through prior online registration via the below link. Seats are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Claim Your SeatThe Organisers
Promotes ethical, sustainable, and climate-friendly food systems. Through awareness, capacity-building, outreach, and direct interventions, MMSL supports transitioning to lifestyles that benefit human and animal wellbeing, environmental conservation, and climate action.
An initiative by SLYCAN Trust that supports ethical, sustainable, and climate-friendly entrepreneurship and innovative solutions. EthicalX works by enhancing understanding, building capacities, providing technical support and expertise, and co-creating business and partnerships models, with a special focus on vulnerable communities, women, and youth.
A non-profit think tank working on climate change, sustainable development, finance, security, entrepreneurship, biodiversity and ecosystem conservation, risk management, just transition, and social justice including gender and youth empowerment. Our work spans the national, regional, and global level from policy analysis and evidence-based research to capacity-building, technical support provision, and on-the-ground implementation.