Mas huni

 ( Maldivian Cuisine ) 

Mas huni () is a typical Maldives breakfast, comprising tuna, onion, coconut, lime juice, salt to taste and chili pepper.Tom Masters. Maldives. Lonely Planet, 2006. , . Pg 84 All ingredients are finely chopped and mixed with the grated meat of the coconut. This dish is usually eaten with freshly baked chapati (flatbread) and sweetened hot tea.Xavier Romero-Frias, The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom, Barcelona 1999,

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Preparation The fish used in mas huni was as a rule cured tuna Maldives fish but currently many Maldivians use canned tuna.

Traditionally when fish was scarce, chopped leaves were added to the mas huni mixture. The green leaves of certain local plants and trees such as diguthiyara (Senna occidentalis), kuḷhafilaa or gōramfau (Launaea sarmentosa), mābulhā (Abutilon theophrasti), muranga (Moringa oleifera), massāgu ( Amaranthus spinosus or Amaranthus viridis) sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and ḷos (Pisonia grandis), among others, replaced the fish in mas huni in a smaller or greater proportion.

Mas huni may be made with kopee (collard greens) leaves.

Another variant of mas huni is made with muranga pods ( Moringa oleifera) instead of leaves. First the pods are boiled; then the flesh with the seeds is scooped out. This is mixed with the rest of the ingredients. This same type of thicker mas huni can be also made with tora (Luffa aegyptiaca), boiled butternut squash or pumpkin.Himāl Southasian - Eating on the Islands

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See also

• Maldivian cuisine
• List of tuna dishes

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Bibliography

• Xavier Romero-Frias, Eating on the Islands, Himāl Southasian, Vol. 26 no. 2, pages 69–91

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External links

• Eating on the Islands - As times have changed, so has the Maldives' unique cuisine and culture
• Mas huni and Masriha - Himal: Farms, Feasts, Famines; Disappearing foods

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