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Maldivian Food

Havadhulee rice

Basmati rice is fried with dried mushrooms, leek, baby corn, cucumber, green peas and soy sauce.

A plate of vegetable fried rice.
A plate of vegetable fried rice. Photo: Mayejiro / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Havadhulee rice is a colourful basmati fried rice with mushrooms, leek, bell pepper, baby corn, cucumber and green peas, seasoned with soy sauce.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups basmati rice

  • 4 dried mushrooms (optional)

  • 1 tablespoon oil

  • 1 teaspoon olive oil

  • 1 garlic clove, crushed

  • 1/2 teaspoon fresh ginger, crushed

  • 1 leek, chopped

  • 1 small red bell pepper, chopped small

  • 1 tin baby corn

  • 1/4 cucumber, chopped

  • 100 grams green peas

  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce or oyster sauce

Method

  1. Put the mushrooms in boiling water, cover and leave for 20 minutes.

  2. Drain the water, cut off the stalks and chop the mushrooms.

  3. Cook the rice for 12 minutes and drain the water.

  4. Put the green peas in boiling water, take them out after 3 minutes and drain.

  5. Heat the two kinds of oil together in a pan.

  6. Add the ginger, garlic, leek and bell pepper and mix.

  7. Stir-fry for 1 minute, then add the mushrooms, cucumber, green peas and baby corn to the pan.

  8. After 2 minutes, add the soy sauce, then add the rice and mix.