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Mas Huni

Name: Mas Huni
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Maldives
Ingredients: 2 cans Canned tuna; 60g Shredded Coconut; 1/2 Onion; 1 Green Chili Pepper; 2 tbsp Lime juice; A pinch Salt; 3 tbsp Water

Side Dish

⏱ 15 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Tuna, coconut, onion, chili, and lime rubbed together by hand — the Maldivian breakfast staple.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Mas huni is essential to the Maldivian breakfast: tuna (skipjack) is mixed with grated coconut, onion, chili, and lime juice and rubbed together well by hand. Eating it with roshi flatbread and sweet tea is the quintessential Maldivian morning. As befits an island nation, tuna is at the center of the daily table.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On an island morning in the Maldives, tuna and coconut salad, warm flatbread, and sweet tea are laid out on a terrace overlooking white sand.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Canned tuna 2 cans
Shredded Coconut 60g
Onion 1/2
Green Chili Pepper 1
Lime juice 2 tbsp
Salt A pinch
Water 3 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Moisten the desiccated coconut with water.
Chop the onion and green chili very finely.
Put the drained tuna, coconut, onion, chili, and salt in a bowl.
Mix well, rubbing it all together with your hands.
Mix in the lime juice and serve with roshi (flatbread).

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