Rihaakuru
Sign in to savethumb|200x200px|Rihaakuru Rihaakuru (; pronounced ) is a tuna-based thick sauce. The color varies from light brown to dark brown. 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.
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Preparation
- Nutrition
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|200x200px|Rihaakuru Rihaakuru (; pronounced ) is a tuna-based thick sauce. The color varies from light brown to dark brown. 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.
==History== Maldivian travellers introduced Rihaakuru and Bondi to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). Sri Lankans considered these as delicacies and referred to them as Bondi Haluwa and Dhiyā Hakuru (rhyming derivative, of the original Dhivehi term, which means 'liquid jaggery' in the Sinhalese language) respectively. These terms were popular in Sri Lankan households until the latter part of the 20th century, when they gradually disappeared.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rihaakuru” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.