Eating pork is forbidden in Maldives, which is an island country and is rich in fish, shrimp and crabs. The most common dish is curry, which was imported from neighboring India and Sri Lanka.
Authentic Maldivian cuisine is not only full of local color, but also inseparable from the sea. They like to eat meat, fish and vegetable rice with spicy spices, as well as starchy foods such as sweet potatoes and taro. Tropical fruits and vegetables, breadfruit, coconut, pineapple, etc. All the year round. There are fried fish, curry fish and fish soup at hand, and fish is a table.
The diet in Maldives is quite like Indian food, but it is not as spicy as Indian food. The taste is mainly sweet and light, and the food is mainly chicken, mutton and fish. Although the fishing industry is developed, the practice of fish is relatively simple, and people like to fry grilled fish very early, which is quite different from the traditional taste of China people.
The locals don't drink at all. Only bars with non-alcoholic beverages are allowed in Male, the capital, and all bars are located in hotels.
Several famous local cuisines include fried fish balls, Gula cooked with tuna and coconut, Curry Boakiba, Funi Boakiba coconut milk and rice pudding, a sweet milk drink called Kiru Sarbat, and a non-alcoholic cocktail-Lady Maldives.