Staple Foods

Traditionally Meedhoo is more an agricultural than a fishing island. Home grown vegetables and other agricultural products along with fish were used as foods but now fish and rice are the staple foods of the island with meat and chicken eaten only on special occasions. Typical island dishes include fish soup, fish curry and fried fish. The local brew is Dhoaraa, a sweet and delicious coconut sap tapped from the crown of the palm trunk. Apart from coconuts, there are very few fruits and vegetables grown on the island.