Maldives

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Maldives

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Hard smoked and dried tuna pieces with fibrous cut faces and thin shavings on an earthenware plate.
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Maldive fish

Maldive fish is a hard, smoke-dried tuna product made in the Maldives and traded especially to Sri Lanka, where it is known as umbalakada. Cooks shave or pound it into a concentrated savory seasoning for sambols, curries and other dishes.

Maldives · Traditional method
· Fish and seafood
Four plain whole-wheat roshi, thin and pliable with small griddle-browned spots.

Whole-wheat roshi

A Maldivian flatbread made with whole-wheat atta, rolled thin and cooked on a hot pan. This batch makes four.

Maldives · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches