Maldivian Food Culture

Bananas – or keyo in Dhivehi – is used extensively in Maldivian cooking, in a variety of forms.

Maldivian breakfast is definitely a savoury affair. Like most of our foods, the basis of our breakfast foods is also tuna and coconut.

We’re back with one of our Maldivian Food Culture articles and this time, we’re talking all things papaya! 

Huni hakuru, which means ‘shredded coconut sugar’ in the Dhivehi language, is a traditional Maldivian sweet treat. 

In the Maldivian cuisine, both ripe and unripe mangoes are used in a variety of savoury and sweet dishes.

From all the Maldivian snacks, perhaps the most well-loved is mas kaashi.