Mas huni

Mas huni (Dhivehi: މަސްހުނި) is a typical Maldivian breakfast, comprising tuna, onion, coconut, lime juice and chili.

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.

Another variant of mas huni is made with muranga pods (Moringa oleifera) instead of leaves.

This same type of thicker mas huni can be also made with sponge gourd, boiled butternut squash or pumpkin.