Food of Maldives
Maldivian cuisine is built around the sea. Tuna, coconut and starchy roots like breadfruit and taro are the pillars, and food tends to be mild with lime, chili and curry leaves. Bowls of fish soup, flatbread and sweet snacks are eaten at tea time.
Garudhiya
Clear tuna broth served with rice, lime and chili.
- Main dishes (3)
- Breakfast (3)
- Street food (3)
- Soups (1)
- Salads (1)
- Desserts and sweets (3)
- Drinks (2)
- Fruits and produce (3)
Staples
- tuna
- coconut
- rice
- breadfruit
- taro
- chili
Signature flavors
- lime
- chili
- curry leaves
- onion
- pandan
- screwpine
Main dishes
Clear tuna broth served with rice, lime and chili.
Key ingredients: tuna, rice, lime, chili, curry leaves
A mild tuna curry with coconut and curry leaves.
Key ingredients: tuna, coconut, curry leaves, chiliA firm baked fish and rice cake with coconut.
Key ingredients: tuna, rice, coconutBreakfast
Tuna, coconut, onion and chili with roshi bread.
Key ingredients: smoked tuna, coconut, onion, chili, lime, roshiFull guide →Thin, soft flatbread cooked on a griddle.
Key ingredients: flour, water, saltRoshi folded around spiced tuna and coconut.
Key ingredients: roshi, tuna, coconutStreet food
Crisp pastry parcels filled with tuna, onion and chili.
Key ingredients: pastry, tuna, onion
Fried dough balls stuffed with smoked tuna and coconut.
Key ingredients: tuna, flour, coconutCrisp fried rolls with a tuna filling.
Key ingredients: tuna, pastrySoups
Clear tuna soup with lime.
Key ingredients: tuna, limeSalads
Cooked tuna tossed with onion, lime and chili.
Key ingredients: tuna, onion, limeDesserts and sweets
Sweet rice and coconut cake.
Key ingredients: rice, coconut, sugarA sweet rice pudding with milk.
Key ingredients: rice, sugar, milkSmall sweet coconut bites.
Key ingredients: coconut, sugarDrinks
Hot milk tea with sugar served with snacks.
Key ingredients: tea, milk, sugar
Refreshing young coconut water.
Key ingredients: coconutFruits and produce
Used in every form: fresh meat, milk, oil and young coconut water.
Key ingredients: milk, water
Starchy breadfruit fried into chips or cooked in curry.
Key ingredients: fried, curryFull guide →
Soft sweet papaya eaten at breakfast.
Key ingredients: freshFull guide →Dish guides from Maldives
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Garudiya: LittleT889, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mas riha Maldives: User: (WT-shared) Jpatokal at wts wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mas huni-roshi087: Xavier Romero-Frias, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Maldivian gulha33: Xavier Romero-Frias, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Young Coconut Drink: Shameelnurani313, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cocos nucifera - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-187: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Artocarpus altilis (fruit): Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Carica papaya - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-029: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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