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Maldivian Food

Cabbage and green pea rice

Brown rice cooked without salt or oil, then fried with cabbage, green peas and canned tuna.

Fried rice with cabbage and green peas.
Fried rice with cabbage and green peas. Photo: daSupremo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

A light rice dish of brown rice, cooked without salt or oil, fried with cabbage, green peas and canned tuna. It is simple, wholesome and quick to put together.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups brown rice, cooked without salt or oil

  • 1 onion, finely chopped

  • 3 garlic cloves, grated

  • 1 cup cabbage, finely chopped

  • 1/2 cup green peas

  • 2 curry leaves

  • 1/3 teaspoon ground black pepper

  • 4 tablespoons fish from a can of Fasmeeru tuna in water

  • A little salt

  • A little sunflower oil

Method

  1. Put a pan on the heat and add a little oil.

  2. When the oil is hot, add the onion, curry leaves, peas and cabbage together.

  3. When the onion is soft, add all the remaining ingredients.

  4. When everything is well mixed and the flavour is right, take the pan off the heat.

Tips

  • Serve with a little mung bean curry with vegetables, a little green salad and a cup of this rice.