Top 20 Posts of 2018

This year has been just stellar. While we are thrilled to begin a new one with hopefully some new adventures and a lot more food, we bid farewell to 2018 with this list of our most popular recipes and articles from the year.

Most Loved Recipes of the Year

10. Tomato Rice

Yes, this very delicious and spicy rice dish is all about tomatoes, but it's the Rihaakuru that brings it home. Check it out.

9. Ritzbury Chocolate Balls

Did you ever think that making fancy looking chocolate balls could be really, really easy? This one's quite the piece of cake.

8. Rihaakuru Riha

Rihaakuru Riha is quite a lovely combination of rihaakuru and havaadhu. It also tastes quite superb with both roshi and rice.

7. Saagu Pudding

We love Saagu Bondibai and we also love Thai style Sago Pudding. So we thought we’d make something that would fall in between.

6. Kulhi Riha

Everyone needs a good Kulhi Riha recipe. Here’s our version. Add as much chilli as you want.

5. Toffee

Making toffee is quite a fun adventure; you have to keep stirring and stirring and stirring. So better get someone else to join you.

4. Muranga Fathu Riha

There are probably a lot of ways of making muranga fathu curry. We drained the muranga leaves after boiling it, but a lot of people use the boiling water when making the curry. Some slice the muranga leaves after boiling, we did not, and also different people use different curry powders while we used a curry paste that we made from scratch.

3. Cream Jehi Banas

Here’s a tasty dosage of nostalgia: Cream Jehi Banas. Even though the colour really doesn't matter, we like our buns red or pink.

2. Oreo Fudge

This one's for all you Oreo lovers out there. Just four ingredients and around ten minutes of your time is all it takes, and that makes it perfect for those times when you need a quick sugar fix.

1. Suji

The sweet, comforting, nostalgic and delicious Suji. It's also actually really easy to make.

Most Read Articles of 2018

10. Affan Didi: From Delhi to Thyme

Thyme Bistro & Pressery is home to the famous valhomas spaghetti and Addu reha. We caught up with the bistro’s owner Affan Didi to have a chat about various things including how he got into cooking, the cryptic process of making Addu havaadhu, and the story of Thyme’s Maldivian inspired menu.

9. Fusing Flavours: Baked by Nau

We caught up with Nau to have a chat about her baking business and her unusual flavour combinations.

8. Husnoo Raha: Bang for the Bajiya

Of course, everyone knows Husnoo; they’re practically synonymous with bajiyaa, and great bajiyaa at that. But that triangular hedhikaa is not their only forte as you will see.

7. Palato Frosty's: Aisha Loves Chocolate

There are times in life when you need a really hard hit of chocolate. Lucky for us in Male’, for such times there’s Palato Frosty’s. We caught up with the choco-centric cafe's co-owner Aishath Nishath Ali Fahmy (Aisha) to have a chat about the café and her other foodie experiences.

6. Talking About Nadiya's Kitchen & More

She probably needs no introduction, but for anyone who does, she’s the author of the popular food blog Nadiya’s Tastes of Maldives. It’s one of the first few food blogs that sprung from the Maldives. While Nadiya no longer updates her blog, she currently runs her very own and also very popular website Nadiya’s Kitchen.

5. Zareena Ibrahim Didi's Dhivehi Kaanaa

Dhivehi Kaanaa 1 is really a treasure trove for anyone who wants to learn about traditional Maldivian cooking. And after going through the book numerous times, we must say her enthusiasm for preserving the unique traditional flavours of the Maldivian food is quite contagious.

4. Reader's Pick: Top 10 Pizza Places in Male'

In case this is the first time you are hearing about this, we asked our readers to vote for their favourite pizza place in Male’.

3. The Scoop on Scoop

This beloved ice cream parlour started out in 1989 and has since become a household name. Young couples who started dating in its cosy premises have gone on to get married and have children. Children who will probably come to love Scoop, just as their parents before them. Lonumedhu has a chat with Ibam, Imma and Dhaadha, the three young people handling operations at Scoop.

2. Dhifoo: Cooking Little Wonders

To put things in a nutshell, Dhifoo is educated in the field of food, has interned in the kitchens of some luxury resorts in the Maldives, has also worked for an international franchise, and runs an online bakery called Little Wonders. Also, she’s just twenty-four. So, read below to find out some more about her culinary adventures.

1. First Maldivian Cafe' in the UK

We have a chat with Aminath Shaekha (Shae), who together with her family runs the aptly named Maldives Tastes, the first café in the UK to serve Maldivian food.

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