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Featured Dishes from Maldives

Barabo mashuni

Barabo mashuni

Pumpkin and tuna salad with coconut, chili peppers, onion and lemon juice

Boshi mashuni

Boshi mashuni

Spicy banana flower salad with coconut

Kalhu sai

Kalhu sai

Kedgeree

Kedgeree

Dish of haddock, tuna or salmon, rice, egg, parsley, curry powder, butter or cream

Kiru sai

Kiru sai

Mas riha

Mas riha

Fish curry, for example, tuna, serve with rice or roshi

Masala sai

Masala sai

Mashuni

Mashuni

Smoked and flaked tuna with grated coconut, chili peppers, onions, may also contain greens, serve with roshi flatbread

Roshi

Roshi

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Addu bendi

Sausage-shaped confection made with grated coconut, coconut syrup and jasmine water

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Aluvi boakibaa

Cassava and coconut cake

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Aveli

Sweet mixture of grated coconut, bananas and aveli

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Baked chocolate pudding

Chocolate pudding cake

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Banbukeyo bondibai

Breadfruit and coconut pudding

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Baraboa halwa

Pumpkin pudding

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Binbi boakiba

Finger millet and coconut cake made with jasmine water and cinnamon

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Biscuit pudding

Layered vanilla pudding with Marie biscuits and grated chocolate

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Boakiba

Cake, sweet versions are made with coconut, cassava, rice, finger millet, wheat flour or bread and condensed milk, savory versions are commonly made with tuna

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Boakuri banbukeyo

Caramelized breadfruit, a sweet and sticky breadfruit dessert

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Boakuri falho

Caramelized papaya, a sweet and sticky dessert made with unripe papaya

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Bondibai

Pudding made with rice, taro, breadfruit, sago, lentils, traditionally sweetened with divehi hakuru

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Bread pudding

A stale bread dessert soaked in milk or cream and other ingredients to become moist and sweet

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Caramel folhi

Caramel-flavored crepes, made with eggs, condensed milk and vanilla

Coconut pie

Coconut pie

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Cornflour kiruboakibaa

Coconut milk pudding made with corn flour

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Cream jehi banas

Bread rolls with colorful icing cream inside

Crème caramel

Crème caramel

Custard topped with caramel sauce, variations include coconut, chestnut, chocolate

Custard

Custard

Custard with fruit, made with custard powder, water, condensed milk, sugar and canned fruit cocktail

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Dhandialuvi boakiba

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Dhon anbu fudge

Pureed mangoes, condensed milk, grated coconut, vanilla and butter

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Dhonkeyo

Banana and coconut fritters

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Faaroshi boakibaa

Bread rusk and coconut cake, made with rose water and vanilla

Falooda

Falooda

Cold drink made with rose syrup, milk, vermicelli, basil and jelly, sometimes ice cream

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Fehi boakibaa

Pandan leaf and coconut cake squares

Fruit

Fruit

Bananas, breadfruit, coconut, mangoes, papaya, screwpine fruit, watermelon

Fudge

Fudge

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Gabulhi boakiba

Soft coconut cake squares

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Gerikiru boakibaa

Sweetened condensed milk cake

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Githeyo boakibaa

Rice flour and coconut milk cake

Gulaabu jaamoo

Gulaabu jaamoo

Deep-fried dough balls soaked in syrup

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Haluvidhaa

Jello made with agar, sweetened condensed milk and food coloring

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Handulu bondibai

Sweetened sticky rice flavored with coconut milk, rose water, pandan leaves, cardamom, cinnamon

Honey fried bananas

Honey fried bananas

Fried bananas sweetened with honey

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Huni gulha

Colorful coconut balls

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Huni hakuru

Coconut pastries, moon-shaped pastry dough or crepe filled with a sweet mixture of coconut, coconut syrup, pandan leaves and jasmine water, huni hakuru may be baked, steamed or fried

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Juice petty

Frozen condensed milk treat

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Kaamaranga

Fried dough pastry soaked in syrup

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Kaashi pudding

Coconut and condensed milk cake or pie

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Kattala foni boakibaa

Sweet potato cake

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Kiru

Coconut milk and rice pudding, serve with fen folhi

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Kiru boakiba

Sweet dessert squares made with rice flour, coconut milk, sugar, spices

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Kirukeyo

Green plantain and coconut milk pudding

Kulfi

Kulfi

Traditional Indian ice cream

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Mugu bondibaiy

Sweetened lentil and onion dessert

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Naanakataa

Cardamom biscuits

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Paan boakibaa

Pandan cake

Pandan cake

Pandan-flavored sponge cake

Pavlova

Pavlova

Bowl-shaped meringue filled with berries, strawberries, rhubarb, chocolate, raspberries, peaches

Pineapple upside down cake

Pineapple upside down cake

Pirini

Pirini

Rice pudding, may also be made with semolina, carrots

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Pudding folhi

Pumpkin halwa

Pumpkin halwa

Sweet pumpkin pudding with nuts, dry fruit

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Saagu bondibai

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Saagu kandhi

Sago pearls in coconut milk

Suji

Suji

Semolina, used to make porridge, sweets, cookies

Tapioca pudding

Tapioca pudding

Zileybi

Zileybi

Deep-fried flour noodles soaked in syrup

Alanaasi fani

Alanaasi fani

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Alidhoo Sunset

Maldivian Mixed drink made with Bacardi, pineapple juice, orange juice and grenadine

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Angaga Express

Maldivian Mixed drink made with vodka, Benedictine and grapefruit juice

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Angaga Queen

Maldivian Mixed drink made with tequila, lime juice, orange juice, maraschino, grenadine and sugar syrup

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Angaga Rose

Maldivian Mixed drink made with brandy, Malibu, grenadine and pineapple juice

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Angaga Special

Maldivian Mixed drink made with gin, whiskey, grenadine, orange juice and Angostura bitters

Arabic coffee

Arabic coffee

Black coffee with foam on top, commonly contains cardamon, made by adding finely ground Arabic coffee and sugar to cold water, then heating until the water boils, creating foam on top

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Asdu Sun

Maldivian Mixed drink made with rum, amaretto, orange juice, lemon juice and menthe syrup

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Barmen Special

Maldivian Mixed drink made with Bacardi white, Drambuie, whisky, Sprite and red wine

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Baros Special

Maldivian Mixed drink made with Dubonnet, apricot brandy, Benedictine liqueur, lime syrup and pineapple juice

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Beach Bum

Maldivian Mixed drink made with Bailey's Irish Cream, crème de cacao and milk

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Biyadhoo Special

Maldivian Mixed drink made with vodka, pineapple juice and melon liqueur

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Black Coral

Maldivian Mixed drink made with vodka, Kahlua and Coca Cola

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Blue Maldives

Maldivian Mixed drink made with white rum, Blue Curaçao, Bailey's and pineapple juice

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Coco Fiha

Maldivian Mixed drink made with rum, coffe liqueur, coconut cream and pineapple juice

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Coconut Lagoon

Maldivian Mixed drink made with white rum, Galliano, Curaçao triple sec, coconut milk and peache juice

Coconut milk

Coconut milk

Coconut milk and coconut water

Coffee

Coffee

Custard apple juice

Custard apple juice

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El Niño

Maldivian Mixed drink made with tequila, Cointreau, Blue Curaçao, lime juice and grapefruit juice

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Ellaidhoo Dream

Maldivian Mixed drink made with vodka, Malibu, Cointreau, pineapple juice, lime juice and grenadine

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Ellaidhoo Queen

Maldivian Mixed drink made with red wine, crème de cassis, Bacardi rum and pineapple juice

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Embudhu Paradise

Maldivian Mixed drink made with gin, cognac and orange juice

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Embudhu Special

Maldivian Mixed drink made with campari, Bacardi and bitter lemon

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Eriyadu Special

Maldivian Mixed drink made with Malibu, Cointreau, vodka, lime juice, pineapple juice and grenadine

Feyru fani

Feyru fani

Fruit juice

Fruit juice

Often contains sweetened condensed milk

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Gahapan Machan

Maldivian Mixed drink made with coconut arrak, passionfruit juice and ginger ale

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Gerhard Special

Maldivian Mixed drink made with vodka, Curaçao triple sec, peach brandy, passionfruit juice and cranberry juice

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Heavenly Feeling

Maldivian Mixed drink made with gin, Drambuie, Cinzano Bianco, grenadine, lime juice and orange juice

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Helengeli Beach

Maldivian Mixed drink made with vodka, Blue Curaçao, cocos liqueur and pineapple juice

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Helengeli Lover

Maldivian Mixed drink made with gin, Cointreau, apple liqueur and orange juice

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