Coco Bodu Hithi is a luxury five-star resort in the Maldives offering guests an idyllic, secluded island with turquoise waters. Comprising 100 villas, the resort also boasts seven restaurants and bars for guests to enjoy a culinary haven.
Ingredients
Pickled Mackerel
4 x 4/500g mackerel, filleted and de-boned
Sea salt
Marinade for mackerel
6 pickled Kashmiri chillies
¼ tsp deghi mirch
1tsp cumin seed
1tsp coriander seed
3 cloves of garlic
1tbsp gram flour
Salt to taste
1 lime juice
10g jaggery
1tbsp rice vinegar
Smoked langoustine
100g Smoked langoustine
Curry leaf batter
½ tbsp Garlic and ginger paste
1 tsp crushed fennel seeds
½ tbsp Kashmiri chilli
½ tbsp ground coriander
½ tbsp ground cumin
½ tsp garam masala
10 curry leaves finely chopped
4 tbsp lemon juice
Handful coriander,finely chopped
100g plain flour
70g corn flour
80g Trisol
100ml chilled sparkling water
Mooli, radish and cucumber salad
½ medium mooli
½ cucumber
Coriander, finely chopped
4-5 radishesper serving
Method
Marinade for mackerel
Blitz all ingredients together to form a smooth paste.
Mackerel
Cover with sea salt solution for 10 minutes then wash and dry.Cut the fillets in to neat rectangles, and rub with spice paste. Leave in fridge overnight to pickle the fish.Remove all excess paste, dust with plain flour and pan fry for a minute on either side.Rest mackerel on top of dressed radish, place 4 langoustine around the fish, then pipe the infused coconut milk and garnish with buckler sorrel and viola flowers
Smoked langoustinewith curry leaf batter
Cut each smoked langoustine in to 3 pieces.Mix all flour’s together and set aside.Mix all the spices together in to a paste, add 100g of the flour mix and sparkling water to form a batter.Dip the langoustine in to the batter, using a cocktail stick pick out and place in to a deep fat fryer at 170ᵒc and fry until golden. Set aside and keep warm.
Mooli, radish and cucumber salad
Finely dice the radish, mooli and cucumber dress with salt and set aside in the fridge for 20 minutes to drain away the water that’s released then dress in lemon juice, a drop of olive oil and coriander.
North Male Atoll
Republic of Maldives
+960 664 1122