CAREMEL PUDDING

Ingredients
1 can condensed milk
1/2 cup sugar
6 eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/4 cup water

Method
To make the caramel - Add water and sugar in a tray and heat it to melt the sugar.
heat and stir it until the sugar syrup turns golden brown color and spread it evenly at bottom and sides of the tray.
Keep it aside.
Beat 6 eggs, mix it with condensed milk and essence.
Pour the mixture slowly into the caramel coated tray.
Bake it  at 160 degree for 45 minutes.
Serve chilled.

MALDIVIAN TOFFEE

Ingredients
1 can condensed milk
2 can sugar (same size can as condensed milk can)
1/2 cup water
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
2 tablespoons Milo (or coco powder)

Method
Mix sugar and water in to a large pan and heat to melt the sugar.
Once its melt, add condensed milk and Milo.
Cook it in low heat and keep stirring continuously until it becomes thick.
Add vanilla essence and continue to stir until  it is thicken and forms a soft ball.
Immediately remove it from heat and transfer it into a greased tray.
Cut them immediately (Square or diamond shape) as it hardens very fast

KAAJAA (KULHI ROSHI)

Ingredients

2 medium sized onions, thinly cut

2 garlic finely chopped

hint of ginger

8 curry leaves finely chopped

1/4 cup coconut 

1.5 cup flour

3 chillies (or more to make it more spicy)

lime juice (to taste)

salt (to taste)

1/4 cup rihaakuru

1/4 cup dried fish (Hiki mas)

Method

Mix onions. garlic, curry leaves, chillies, lime juice and salt.

Add rihaakuru, coconut and hikimas. mix well.

finally add flour and make it a dough. if it is too sticky, add some more flour.

Make balls from the dough.

Roll each one to make a roti and cut into small pieces (square or diamond shape).

Then fry it.

LONUMIRUS

Ingredients
16 dried red chillies
1/2 of small coconut
1 garlic
1 tbs cummin
1 onion
2 curry leaves
1/2 tbs black pepper
salt  to taste 

Method
Grind all the ingredients to form a paste.
 

RIHAAKURU

Rihaakuru can also be prepared from Garudhiya. Cook Garudhiya in low heat until it forms a semi thick paste. If starting from scratch follow the instructions below.

Ingredients
500g tuna fish
1.5 liters water
little salt (do not put too much salt as it will be too salty when it get thick)

Method
Add water, fish and Salt into a large pot.
Cook in low heat until reduced to semi thick paste.
The color of it now would be dark brown.

Serve with lonumirus, lemon, and onion

GARUDHIYA

Ingredients
500g tuna fish
1.5 liters water
Salt to taste

Method
Cut tuna into large pieces.
Add water and salt into a large pot and heat it.
Add tuna pieces into the pot and bring it to boil.

Remove skim from top time to time

Boil until fish is cooked.

Serve hot with lemon, chilli or lonumirus and onion.

RIHAAKURUDHIYA

Ingredients
1 cup Rihaakuru
10 chillies
5 curry leaves
3 onions
1/2 liter water
1 lemon
coconut milk of 1 coconut
salt to taste

Method
Slice onions,chillies, curry leaves thinly and mix with salt and lemon
Mix in rihaakuru
Add coconut milk and water