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Maldivian Food

Scrambled egg rice

Beaten eggs are scrambled in butter with salt, then mixed with cooked rice for small children.

Fried rice with scrambled egg.
Fried rice with scrambled egg. Photo: pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

Scrambled egg rice is a soft, mild dish of buttery scrambled eggs mixed through cooked rice.

Ingredients

  • 5 cups cooked rice

  • 3 eggs

  • 1 tablespoon butter

  • Salt

Method

  1. Put the pan on the stove and add the butter.

  2. When the butter melts, beat the eggs and add them.

  3. Add the salt too.

  4. Stir the eggs with a spoon until they are cooked and form small pieces.

  5. Then mix in the rice.

Tips

  • This rice is a good one to give to small children.