Gulha

Gulha or gulhaa (IAST guḷā) is a typical and popular Maldivian short eat.

Gulha

Gulha snacks from Maldives. Hanḍū gulha
Type	Snack food
Place of origin	Maldives
Region or state	South Asia
Serving temperature	Preferably freshly-prepared along with hot tea[1]
Main ingredients	Flour, tuna and grated coconut
Variations	Made with wheat flour or with rice flour dough
Cookbook: Gulha

Gulha are small ball-shaped dumplings that are stuffed with a mixture of tuna, finely chopped onion, grated coconut, and chili.[2] Depending on the cook, turmeric, lime juice and chopped curry leaves are added to the mixture. Once ready, the gulha are deep-fried.[3]

Gulha can be made with wheat flour or rice flour dough. The rice-flour gulha are usually smaller, harder and more crunchy. The size of gulha may vary from the large ones that are slightly larger than the size of a ping-pong ball to the smallest which are about the size of marbles. This snack was traditionally eaten with sweetened hot tea and sometimes also together with other short eats.[1]

The fish used traditionally for stuffing gulha was commonly Maldive fish but nowadays many Maldivians use canned tuna.[1] Alternatively, gulha may be oven-baked instead of deep-fried.