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Maldivian Food

Chicken pasta

Cooked pasta with chopped chicken, mushrooms, tomato and red pepper.

A plate of pasta with chicken.
A plate of pasta with chicken. Photo: Shark2025 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Cooked pasta tossed with chicken, mushrooms, tomato and red pepper, seasoned with ginger, garlic and a little chilli. A simple, colourful pan of pasta.

Ingredients

  • 5 cups pasta, cooked

  • 2 onions, finely chopped

  • 1 cup mushrooms, chopped

  • 2 tomatoes, chopped

  • 2 cups chicken, finely chopped

  • 1 red pepper, cut into long thin strips

  • 1 tablespoon grated ginger and garlic

  • 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder

  • A pinch of salt

Method

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

  2. When the oil is hot, add the onion and red pepper.

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

  4. When they are cooked through, mix in the pasta.