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Foni Boakiba

Name: Foni Boakiba
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Maldives
Ingredients: 200g Glutinous Rice Flour; 400ml Coconut milk; 120g Sugar; 2 Egg; 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder; 1 tsp Rose water; 20g Butter; A pinch Salt

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

Sticky rice flour, coconut, and sugar baked into a chewy sweet Maldivian cake.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Foni boakiba means 'sweet cake,' a traditional Maldivian sweet made by baking glutinous rice flour with coconut milk, sugar, and rose water or cardamom. Its chewy texture and gentle sweetness are its hallmarks, and it's made for special days such as weddings and Eid.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On Eid, squares of chewy cake and sweet tea are set out on the table of a Maldivian home as relatives gather to chat.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Glutinous Rice Flour 200g
Coconut milk 400ml
Sugar 120g
Egg 2
Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
Rose water 1 tsp
Butter 20g
Salt A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the eggs and sugar in a bowl and add the coconut milk.
Add the glutinous rice flour, cardamom, and salt and mix until smooth.
Add the melted butter and rose water.
Pour into a buttered pan.
Bake at 170°C for 45 minutes until browned on top, cool, and cut into pieces.

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