…made with all the right ingredients and TLC, this is festive food. One of my mother’s specialties!

Devilled Potatoes (Ala Baduma)

INGREDIENTS

250g new potatoes (boiled)

150g red onions (sliced)

2 sprigs curry leaves

3 green chillies (chopped)

1 teaspoon dry chillies (crushed)

Juice of ½ lime

½ teaspoon salt

3 cardamom pods

1 small stick of cinnamon

2 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil (for frying)

(optional: add some Maldive fish)

METHOD

• Boil, skin and cut the potatoes in two
• Heat the oil and add the chopped cardamon, cinnamon, curry leaves and red onions
• When half fried, add the green chillies, crushed chillies and salt
• When the onion is cooked, add the boiled potatoes and mix well
• Fry on a low heat for three minutes
• Remove from the heat, mix well and add the lime juice
• Serve with rice or pitta bread

If beef’s the king of meat, potato’s the queen of the garden world (Irish Saying)