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Maldivian Food

Noodles with grilled fish

Cooked noodles with vegetables, topped with fish fillets fried on both sides.

A bowl of noodles served with grilled fish.
A bowl of noodles served with grilled fish. Photo: Wagaung / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Noodles tossed with onion and vegetables, topped with fish fillets marinated in lime, soy sauce and chilli, then pan-fried. A simple, satisfying one-plate meal.

Ingredients

  • 1 packet noodles, cooked

  • 1 onion, chopped

  • 1 cup chopped leeks, green beans and capsicum

  • 1 tablespoon vinegar

  • 3 fish fillets, thinly sliced

  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

  • 1 green chilli, finely chopped

  • 1/3 teaspoon ajinomoto

  • 1 lime wedge

  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce

  • 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder

  • A pinch of salt

Method

  1. Mix the lime juice, salt, black pepper, chilli powder and soy sauce. Rub this over the fish fillets and set aside.

  2. Put a pan on the heat and add a little oil. When it is hot, lay the fillets in the pan.

  3. Fry the fillets, turning them from side to side.

  4. Put a separate pan on the heat and add a little oil. When it is hot, add the onion, chilli and vegetables together.

  5. When the onion is soft, mix in the noodles.

  6. Put the noodles in a bowl and arrange the fish fillets on top.

  7. Serve with chilli and garlic sauce.