Potato soup
A simple potato soup of potatoes, milk, onion and olive oil, cooked for 10 minutes and enough for 2 people.
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Sultan biryani
Chicken and basmati are cooked in ghee with yogurt, turmeric, almonds and biryani spice.
Havadhulee rice
Basmati rice is fried with dried mushrooms, leek, baby corn, cucumber, green peas and soy sauce.
Scrambled egg rice
Beaten eggs are scrambled in butter with salt, then mixed with cooked rice for small children.
Chicken and pepper rice
Red rice cooked without salt or oil is fried with boneless chicken, bell pepper and soy sauce.
Octopus garudhiya
Chopped octopus is simmered again with onion, curry leaf, pandan, dried chilli and salt.
Dried-chilli octopus curry
Boiled octopus is cooked with dried chilli, onion, turmeric and a little salt.
Tuna roll
A cooked tin-fish mixture with onion, tomato and githeyo chilli is filled along hot dog buns.
Chilli paste
Dried chillies, hard dried fish, soy sauce and sugar are cooked into a chilli paste kept for many days.
Chilli fish
Egg-coated fresh fish is fried, then tossed with capsicum, dried chilli, chilli sauce and tomato sauce.
Chicken bajia
Maldivian bajia filled with spiced chicken, onion, chilli and ginger, baked or deep-fried.
Faroshi bokibaa
A sweet baked bokibaa made from crushed faroshi, sugar, eggs, wheat flour and coconut milk.
Skipjack tuna rolls
Thin crepes rolled around a spicy skipjack tuna filling, coated in egg and faroshi crumbs.
Fish kebab
Fried fish kebabs of tinned or fresh fish with rice or mung bean flour, coconut, chillies and cabbage.
Rihaakuru bokibaa
A savoury baked bokibaa of rice, grated coconut, chillies, onion and lime, flavoured with rihaakuru.
Eggplant bokibaa
A sweet baked bokibaa made with grated eggplant, gabulhi coconut, sugar and wheat flour.
Chicken soup
A chicken soup with ginger, leeks, cardamom and soy sauce, poured over cooked noodles.
Fresh fish curry
Cubed fresh fish is cooked with havadhu, pandan, curry leaves and finished with coconut milk.
