Maldives Fish soup (Rihaakuru)
Packed Date : October-2009
Used within 3 months
Rihaakuru (ރިހާކުރު, pronounced [riˈhəːkuru]) is a fish-based thick brown paste. It is a traditional dish of Maldivian cuisine, consumed almost daily in every household in Maldives and in Minicoy since ancient times. Rihaakuru is produced as a by-product of the processing of Tuna.
Rihaakuru is obtained through following a simple but time-consuming
procedure. The extract is the result of hours of cooking of tuna in
water and salt, while carefully removing the scum (filleyo) that keeps
forming. Once the tuna pieces are cooked and ready to eat or store,
they will be removed from the water, as well as the bones, heads and
fish guts. The pieces of Tuna, so cooked, get eventually processed into
Maldive fish. The remaining "fish-soup" (Garudhiya)
is left with 'Bondi'(balls of tuna scraps scraped off the bones), and
is kept boiling in low fire until most water evaporates. The resulting
concentrated fish soup becomes a thick paste which is known in Dhivehi as Rihaakuru.
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