Pasta & rice
Bis hakuru halhaa (sweet rice with dried bonito)
A surprising sweet rice combining smoked dried bonito with coconut and palm sugar. This sweet-and-savoury pairing is a Maldivian classic, served as a snack or at breakfast.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Optional extras
Instructions
- Rinse the rice and cook it in water, covered, for 15 minutes, until all the liquid is absorbed.
- Briefly blend the bonito flakes to a fine powder.
- Add the palm sugar, coconut, cardamom and salt to the still-warm rice.
- Stir in the butter and the powdered bonito, then mix well with a spatula.
- Cook over very low heat for 10 minutes, stirring, so the sugar melts and the rice becomes sticky.
- Press the rice into a mould and let it rest for 10 minutes.
- Unmould or serve with a spoon, lukewarm.
Variations and tips
Bonito-free version. Replace the bonito with 30 g of extra coconut flakes for a fully plant-based version.
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Maldives
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Original Ecomely recipe.