How are you doing? Things are tough these days with the corona virus taking control of our lives. We have to make do with what we have. Cooking in the times of this virus has been tough, since we are not able to go out as freely as we would normally to search for ingredients….
Category: Savoury
Golden Sweet Potato Fritters
I love sweet potatoes, be it steamed, baked or fried like this golden sweet potato fritters. They are perfect for brunch, lunch or even for a light dinner. They are so crispy and delicious. Enjoy it with your favourite dip and serve with baby spinach leaves or a green salad. Ingredients: 200g sweet potatoes,…
Cheesy Spinach Rotis, with Chilli Oil
These cheesy spinach rotis are perfect for brunch or even as an afternoon snack. You can use silverbeet (Swiss Chard) or any greens you prefer. The chilli oil goes well with the rotis. Store the leftover chilli oil in a bottle. The chilli oil is my favourite dip to serve with almost anything. But…
Pumpkin and Sweet Potato Soup with Crispy Spiced Roti Toasts
This is my favourite soup and have been cooking it for a long time. It’s so simple to make that I don’t need even to measure, just throw the veggies in a pot and cook. But now I am sharing my soup recipe. Make a big batch and you can freeze it too. This…
Maldivian Style Spicy Tuna Tacos
This is my favourite way of making tuna tacos. We love our tuna and rotis. The rotis are freshly made but you can use store bought tortillas too. The tuna is tossed in a smoky seasoning mix. The dry roasted chillies adds a smoky flavour to the spice mix. However if you don’t have time…
Spicy Potato and Tuna Cutlets and Mini Sliders
Maldivians love tuna and we love making snacks or finger foods using tuna. Tea time and snacks go together and especially during Ramadan we make a few varieties to break our fast. These spicy potato and tuna cutlets are an all time favourite. But wait, it’s not the old cutlets again I hear you say,…
Spicy Maldivian Fish Cake with Couscous (Couscous Boakibaa)
Happy Ramadan. In the spirit of Ramadan I am sharing my fish cake recipe with couscous. Traditionally Maldivian fish cake or boakibaa is used with ground rice or nowadays using rice flour. However, for a change why not try with couscous, since couscous is readily available. It’s the easiest fish cake to make, just mix…
Maldivian-style Rice Porridge with Tuna and Coconut Sambal (Baiypen and MasKurolhi)
This is a popular dish to break the fast. The bland rice porridge goes well with the spicy tuna and coconut sambal. For the sambal I have used sun dried tuna or muguri mas to get that crunchy texture. The contrast of flavours from the fiery chilli, to the crunchy texture of the dried tuna,…
Red Lentil or Dhal rice (Mugu Baiy)
This is a simple, hearty and nutritious dish made with a few ingredients. Two of my favourites, rice and dhal are cooked together in one pot. I have used red lentils for this recipe as it is quicker to cook. Dhal rice goes well with my potato curry and coconut and mint sambal or by…
Potato Curry
The humble potato shines in this one pot, quick and easy but flavoursome curry. Use my spice mix if preferred, if not a good store bought curry powder will do too. Freshly toasted spices gives the curry a depth of flavour, use 2 to 3 tablespoons of the curry powder and reserve the remaining curry…
Coconut and Mint Sambal
This is a spicy coconut sambal, that goes well with the dhal rice and potato curry. Omit the chillies if you like it less spicy. If you cannot find Maldivian smoked tuna, substitute with a drop of fish sauce or leave it out. Ingredients 4 tablespoon desiccated coconut 28g onion chopped 1 clove garlic 1…
Cabbage and Egg Rolls (Bis Keemiyaa)
Maldivians love their snacks or hedhikaa as we call them. Almost all of our snacks have tuna in them, hence we are a tuna loving nation. But somehow this maybe the only popular snack without tuna. My daughters loved these and especially my eldest daughter who simply adores this snack. I am pretty pleased when…
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