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Maldivian Food

Fruit and nut muffins

Muffins of mixed fruit, nuts and self-raising flour, flavoured with cardamom and baked at 190°C.

A baked muffin.
A baked muffin. Photo: TudorTulok / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Small muffins full of chopped fruit and nuts, with a gentle hint of cardamom. They are quick to mix and bake in small tins.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups self-raising flour

  • 1 teaspoon ground cardamom

  • 1 cup mixed fruit, chopped

  • 1/2 cup nuts, chopped

  • 125 g unsalted butter

  • 3/4 cup caster sugar

  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten

  • 3/4 cup milk

Method

  1. Mix the flour with the ground cinnamon and cardamom.

  2. Mix in the fruit and nuts.

  3. Put the butter and sugar in a tray and melt on low heat. Take off the heat and set aside.

  4. Mix the eggs and milk and add them to the butter mixture.

  5. Combine this with the first mixture and mix everything well.

  6. Put into small tins and bake in the oven at 190°C.