Handoo kavaabu
Makes around: 20 kavaabu / Prep time: 20 minutes / Frying time: 15 minutes Ingredients: 1/2 cup rice flour 11/2 cup water 250 grams smoked fish (Valhomas) 1 big onion, cut into thin slices 1 fresh chilly, chopped 6 curry leaves, chopped 1/2 cup grated coconut 1/2 tsp. grated ginger Juice of 1 lime 1 […]
Smoked Tuna (Valhomas) Noodles
Serves: 2 / Preptime: 20 minutes Ingredients: 2 packets mamee Noodles 3 cups boiling water 200 grams smoked fish ( Valhomas) 1/4 cup sunflower oil 2 Onion , thinly sliced 2 spring curry leaves 5 piece pandan leaf 3 cloves Garlic, minced Fresh chilly ( according to your taste) 1 medium Carrot, chopped small 8 […]
Seeni Sambol Wontons
Makes 20 wontons (depends on size) / Preptime : 1 hour Ingredients: 6 to 7 sheets spring roll pastry ½ cup grounded dry fish (muguri hikimas) 5 big onion, sliced thin 3 spring curry leaves 4 piece pandan leaf 1 fresh chilly, chopped 2 garlic cloves. Chopped 1/4 cup Vegetable oil Spices 2 tsp roasted […]
Instant Oates Rihaakuru(fish paste) Folhi
Ingredients 11/2 cup Instant Oates 21/2 cup boiling water 1 medium onion (chopped) Fresh chilly (chopped per your taste) 1/2 tsp grated ginger 6 curry leaves (chopped) 3/4 cup scraped or desiccated coconut 1 lime juice Enough rihaakuru(fish paste) per your taste Salt (optional) 3 tbs. olive or sunflower oil Method: 1_ Put instant oats […]
Kanamadu Haluwa
Ingredients: 1/2 cup kanamadu (Sea almond or Indian almond) sliced in half 1/2 cup corn flour 1/2 cup Water (for the corn flour) 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1/2 cup ghee 3 cups sugar 3 cups Water 1 Tbsp. roughly grounded cardamom seeds 1 tsp. red food color Directions: 1_ Roast kanamadu in a flat pan, […]
Maldivian Cream Buns ( Cream jehi banas)
Cream jehi Banas are a blast from the past for me. I remember coming home from school to find cream buns neatly arranged in a plate on our dining table. The feeling of pure joy at seeing them on the table and massive love towards the person that bought them. Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 1 […]
Theluli Rihaakuru Bondi
Ingredients: 500 grams Rihaakuru bondi 1 cup rihaakuru 3 big onions, sliced 2 spring curry leaves 10 piece pandan leaf, each around 2 inches 1 fresh chilly, chopped ( githeyomirus) 4 tbs. fresh grinded curry lonumirus paste 5 tbs. vegetable oil Method: 1_ In a sauce pan heat oil, add onion, curry leaves, pandan leaf […]
Hanaakuri Mas ( Havaadu nagaigen)
https://youtu.be/jGFy-SdidcI Ingredients: For dry roast 15 grams coriander 7 grams fennel seeds 7 grams cumin 1 tbs. whole pepper 3 cardamoms 1 inch cinnamon To make curry paste: Above ingredients after dry roasted 1 small onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic 1/2 inch ginger 3 dry red chilly 1 tbs. whole pepper 1/2 of a […]
Valhomas Kothu Paratta
https://youtu.be/rvp_Z6S6BHU Ingredients 5 Fresh Paratta 1 Onion –large thinly sliced 1 spring curry leaves 3 piece pandan 3 red chilly or Githeyo mirus 1 carrot –chopped finely 4 beans _ cut into 1 inch pieces 1 capsicum- diced 1 small ginger piece (chopped) 2 cloves garlic (chopped) 1 tsp. Chilli powder ½ tsp. Turmeric powder […]
Miruhu Lee Mas ( Maldivian traditional curry )
https://youtu.be/xW-gJ8TcxhE Ingredients: For the curry paste 14 grams fennel 14 grams cumin 4 grams whole pepper 1 big onion (sliced) 7 curry leaves ½ inch ginger 2 garlic cloves 5 grams red dry chilly 18 grams grated coconut Enough water to grind above spices To cook curry 1 tuna lion (curry cut) 8 to 12 curry […]