Mas Bai

 

 Maldivian Dish -Mas Bai 

 Serves  4

Ingredients:

• ½ kg rice
• ½ medium sized onion
• 1 large garlic clove
• githeyo mirus (chilies)
• 3 cloves of garlic
• Cinnamon stick
• 5 cardamon
• curry leaves, ramp leaf
• 3 spoon oil
• 1 green mango
• ½ tsp. black peppercorns (or to taste)
• 1 tsp. turmeric powder
• ½ inch thin slice of ginger
• 1 bread fruit chopped breadfruit (ours were around half an inch thick)
• 3 cups (thin coconut milk)
• 1 tsp. salt (or to taste)
• 1  fish (vacuum) or valhomas (our slices were roughly half an inch thick)
• 1 cup thick coconut milk (optional)

 Instructions:

Wash the rice and if possible keep it in sunlight to dry completely.

Cut the onion, fish, chilies (githeyo mirus), mango

Crush the garlic cloves, and fresh ginger

 

In a cooking pot add little oil, add the onion  ginger, garlic, chilli, ramp leaves, curry leaves, black pepper, cardamon, cinnamon stick and salute for 6 to 8 minutes

 

Add the fish, mango little slices and after 3 minutes  add the rice and salute for 5 minutes

 

When the rice is roasted add 1 table spoon tumeric and salt, add 3 cups of thin coconut milk

 

When the water is evaporated add the thick cup of coconut milk, cook until the milk gets evaporated fully. 

 

This dish is often served with rihaakuru (fish paste).Maldivian's love to eat this when served hot.