My chickpea rice is a quick and easy one pan dish. It’s wholesome and nutritious. It’s delicious and fulfilling. This is my kind of comfort food.This rice dish is a good accompaniment with most curries. You can serve it with fried fish and salad. Or equally good with my Aromatic Lamb Curry Serves: 4-5…
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Pumpkin and Sweet Potato Soup with Crispy Spiced Roti Toasts
This is my favourite soup and have been cooking it for a long time. It’s so simple to make that I don’t need even to measure, just throw the veggies in a pot and cook. But now I am sharing my soup recipe. Make a big batch and you can freeze it too. This…
Maldivian Style Spicy Tuna Tacos
This is my favourite way of making tuna tacos. We love our tuna and rotis. The rotis are freshly made but you can use store bought tortillas too. The tuna is tossed in a smoky seasoning mix. The dry roasted chillies adds a smoky flavour to the spice mix. However if you don’t have time…
Sweet and Spicy Mango Curry
It is mango season here in Australia, so it’s the perfect time to make a curry. Fresh juicy mangoes when cooked add a sweetness to the spicy curry. It’s best to use small ripe mangoes and serve each one a whole mango. I used Kensington Pride mangoes as they are the smallest and the sweetest…
Red Lentil or Dhal rice (Mugu Baiy)
This is a simple, hearty and nutritious dish made with a few ingredients. Two of my favourites, rice and dhal are cooked together in one pot. I have used red lentils for this recipe as it is quicker to cook. Dhal rice goes well with my potato curry and coconut and mint sambal or by…
Potato Curry
The humble potato shines in this one pot, quick and easy but flavoursome curry. Use my spice mix if preferred, if not a good store bought curry powder will do too. Freshly toasted spices gives the curry a depth of flavour, use 2 to 3 tablespoons of the curry powder and reserve the remaining curry…
Carrot and Green Peas Curry
This is as simple as a curry can get! If you have a bag of frozen peas, carrots and a few spices, then you are in luck. However, if you have time, freshly toasted and ground spices will lift the curry to a new level. If not use store bought ground spices and it will still…
Beetroot Curry
I love the sweetness and earthiness of the beetroot balanced with the addition of spices and coconut milk. This is a simple and healthy curry, and can be enjoyed with rice, rotis or even bread. Preparation time 15 minutes Cooking time 30- 40 minutes Serves 3 Ingredients 300 gram beetroot, peeled and chopped into 1…
Velvety Eggplant Curry
This is a simple and easy way to enjoy eggplants. If you are in a hurry you don’t need to salt the eggplants. But I do it because salting the eggplants and rinsing the salt off absorbs less oil when you are cooking them. For a vegetarian version leave out the tuna. To be honest…
Breadfruit Curry (Banbukeyo Bongara)
Breadfruit curry or banbukeyo bongara is a very popular dish among Maldivians. Originally it is a very hot curry with the use of dried red chillies being the main star of this dish. It’s certainly not to the faint hearted. But fear not, I have adjusted the heat by reducing the amount of chillies to make…
Aromatic Lamb Curry
My family and friends love this curry and particularly one friend who just adores this curry. Even though it takes a fair amount of time to cook, it is a simple dish to prepare. You can leave it on low heat and keep an eye on it from time to time while you continue with…
Dry-spiced Chicken Livers and Giblets
This is a way to enjoy chicken livers for any body who doesn’t quite like the taste of it. An easy simple recipe but the taste is delicious! Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 25 minutes Serves 2 Ingredients 300 grams mix of chicken livers and giblets 5 cloves garlic crushed 1 teaspoon ginger grated 1/2…
