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Bondibai

Name: Bondibai
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Maldives
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Rice; 400ml Coconut milk; 200ml Milk; 80g Sugar; 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder; 1 tsp Rose water; A pinch Salt; 300ml Water

Dessert

⏱ 50 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Rice cooked with coconut milk and sugar and scented with cardamom and rose water — Maldivian rice pudding.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Bondibai is a traditional Maldivian sweet porridge: rice is simmered thick with coconut milk and sugar and scented with cardamom, rose water, and pandan leaves. It's served at Eid, celebrations, and when hosting guests, and is also loved for breaking the Ramadan fast.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On Eid in a Maldivian home, silky white coconut porridge is spooned into small glass dishes and handed out to guests.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Rice 1/2 cup
Coconut milk 400ml
Milk 200ml
Sugar 80g
Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
Rose water 1 tsp
Salt A pinch
Water 300ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rinse the rice and simmer with water in a pot on low for 15 minutes.
Add the coconut milk and milk and simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add the sugar, salt, and cardamom and simmer another 10 minutes until thick.
Turn off the heat and add the rose water.
Serve warm or chilled.

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