Easy Mixed Rice Recipes

by Iyath Adam

Here’s a selection of recipes for those days when only a great mixed rice dish will do!

This nasi goreng dish is very versatile – you can easily adjust the meat, salt, and spice to suit your taste to create a satisfying dish for any time of the day.

Garlic Rice

Garlic rice is a staple recipe that any cook should have on hand! Our version is made with butter and lots of garlic for a flavourful, aromatic dish.

Easy Chicken Biryani

Making chicken biryani can sometimes be a long and arduous process. But with this easy recipe, you can have all the flavours of a traditional biryani with half the effort and cooking time!

Shrimp Fried Rice

This quick and easy dish combines juicy shrimp with soy sauce, oyster sauce and chilli paste to make a spicy, well-rounded dish – perfect for lunch or dinner.

Masbaiy

Masbaiy is a quintessential Maldivian dish, made with turmeric, coconut milk and fresh tuna. We also have some delicious masbaiy versions made with chicken (kukulhu masbaiy), smoked tuna (valhomas masbaiy) and canned tuna (masdhalhu masbaiy).

Beetroot Rice

If you have some leftover cooked rice on hand, then this beetroot rice is a great recipe to whip up. Other than beetroot, you can also sub in any vegetables you have on hand to make an easy, filling dish.

Hikimas Fried Rice

This spicy rice dish is simply delicious. Frying the cooked rice in spices, along with the hikimas (dried tuna chips) and dried chillies gives it a nice, hot, smoky flavour.