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Dairy-Free Tongan Recipes

Every dish here is Tongan cooking that is naturally dairy-free, no swaps required, each tied to a real region and its culinary story. Prefer to wander wider? Toggle dairy-free on any recipe on the site and the ingredients rewrite themselves with regional swaps.
6 recipes
Lū PuluTongatapu, Tonga · easy · 110 minTaro-leaf parcels of seasoned beef and onion drowned in coconut cream, baked low until silken, Tonga’s Sunday centerpiece.
Keke IsiteTongatapu, Tonga · medium · 105 minTongan fried "yeast cakes", crisp-shelled, fluffy doughnuts eaten warm with tea, a Saturday-morning island tradition.
Faikakai TopaiTongatapu, Tonga · easy · 35 minSoft boiled dumplings drowned in a thick, dark coconut-sugar caramel, a Tongan after-feast sweet.
Kapisi PuluTongatapu, Tonga · easy · 30 minCabbage stewed with tinned corned beef and onion in coconut cream, the quick weekday cousin of Tonga's Sunday lu pulu.
'Ota 'Ika (Tongan Raw Fish Salad)Tongatapu, Tonga · easy · 25 minWhite fish marinated in lemon, then tossed with coconut cream and plenty of diced tomato, cucumber, capsicum and spring onion.
Lo'i Feke (Octopus in Coconut Cream)Tongatapu, Tonga · medium · 55 minTender octopus simmered gently with onion in thick coconut cream, a simple three-part island dish.
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