Dhon Riha

 Dhonriha (Fish Curry) 

Serves 6

Ingredients

  • 400 grams tuna
  • 1 big onion
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1/2 inch ginger
  • 3 to 4 cardamon
  • 1 piece of cinnamon
  • 2 dry chili
  • 1 scotch bonnet (githeyo mirus)
  • 2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 2 tsp cumin 
  • 1 tsp fennel 
  • Curry leaves
  • 2 inch pandan leaf (rambaa fai)
  • 2 tsp salt (or taste and adjust) 
  • 2 bilimbi (bilamagu)  or 1 green tomato
  • 1/2 grated coconut
  • 1/2 coconut milk
  • 1/4 lemon juice (optional)

Preparation

 Cut the tuna into curry size.

Cut the onion into slices, peel of the skin of ginger and garlic.

Take 1/3 of onion slices.

Into a grinder cup add the onion, garlic, ginger, cardamon, cinnamon, dry chili,  githeyo mirus,  grated coconut, cumin, fennel, turmeric and make a smooth paste.

Into a cooking pot add water 3 to 4 cups and  add the paste.

Allow it to cook in high flame for around 5 minutes, when it starts to boil add the tuna

when it starts to boil add the bilamagu, curry and pandan leaves and allow it to cook for 5 minutes.

Add the onion into coconut milk and lower the flame. 

After 5 minutes add the lemon and serve it with any kind of rice or flat bread.

Its one of the famous curries in Maldives



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