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Fihunu Mas

Maldivian fish pieces coated with coconut, chilli and aromatic spice paste.

Fihunu Mas — illustrative food image

About Fihunu Mas

Lonumedhu presents this Maldivian fihunu mas as fish coated generously with a ground spice mixture. This named version uses the publisher’s oven-baked chunks, while its whole-fish and barbecue options remain separate preparations.

Onion, garlic, ginger and curry leaves give the paste its aromatic base. Grated coconut joins cumin powder, red chilli powder and black peppercorns, with salt used in both the paste and fish seasoning.

The paste coats the pieces and fills slits in the fish. Baking gives the surface the reddish colour and small brown patches described by the source; no accompaniment or final serving temperature is prescribed.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Fish.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.

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Ingredients in Fihunu Mas

Lonumedhu’s Maldivian oven-baked fihunu mas chunks.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual fresh slice17; broader ginger candidate.
  • Curry leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Grated coconut: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Cumin powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Red chilli powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader chilli-powder candidate; exact red cultivar/blend unprovided.
  • Black peppercorns: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Paste23 and fish26 allocations consolidated.
  • Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit spice-paste water24, no additional wash medium invented.
  • Fish: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual25 generic fish, no species inferred from website tuna category; Fish positive.

Origins & food traditions

Countries

  • Maldives
  • MaldivesCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. Lonumedhu’s Maldivian oven-baked fihunu mas chunks