Maldivian Breakfast (Mas Huni)

Test kitchen director Farideh Sadeghin discovered this simple dish while traveling through the Maldives; although fresh-cooked tuna is ideal, water-packed canned tuna works just as well.

  • Serves

    serves 2-4

  • Time

    15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup freshly grated or frozen coconut
  • 2 5-oz. cans tuna packed in water, drained and flaked
  • 2 Indian green chiles, stemmed and minced
  • 1 small red onion, minced
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Fresh chapati, for serving

Instructions

Step 1

Combine coconut, tuna, chiles, onion, salt and pepper in a bowl. Serve with chapati.
  1. Combine coconut, tuna, chiles, onion, salt and pepper in a bowl. Serve with chapati.
Recipes

Maldivian Breakfast (Mas Huni)

  • Serves

    serves 2-4

  • Time

    15 minutes

Maldivan Breakfast (Mas Huni)
FARIDEH SADEGHIN

By Farideh Sadeghin


Published on July 20, 2015

Test kitchen director Farideh Sadeghin discovered this simple dish while traveling through the Maldives; although fresh-cooked tuna is ideal, water-packed canned tuna works just as well.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup freshly grated or frozen coconut
  • 2 5-oz. cans tuna packed in water, drained and flaked
  • 2 Indian green chiles, stemmed and minced
  • 1 small red onion, minced
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Fresh chapati, for serving

Instructions

Step 1

Combine coconut, tuna, chiles, onion, salt and pepper in a bowl. Serve with chapati.
  1. Combine coconut, tuna, chiles, onion, salt and pepper in a bowl. Serve with chapati.

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