Oceania Recipes, Page 3
Island kitchens where coconut and the sea rule. Below are 107 authentic Oceania recipes, each tied to a real country and region, with the cultural story, ingredients, and step-by-step method, adaptable to seven dietary needs.
107 recipes · showing 97 to 107
Kumu (Pumpkin Tips in Coconut Cream)Highlands, Papua New Guinea · easy · 27 minThe tender shoots and young leaves of the pumpkin vine, stripped and wilted with onion, then simmered briefly in coconut cream with a little salt and chili.
Kumu (Pumpkin Tips in Coconut Cream) Mei Chips (Tongan Fried Breadfruit Chips)Tongatapu, Tonga · easy · 45 minWedges of firm, mature breadfruit, briefly boiled then deep-fried until golden and crisp outside and fluffy inside, salted and eaten with ketchup like fries.
Mei Chips (Tongan Fried Breadfruit Chips) Keke Pua'a (Samoan Steamed Pork Buns)Upolu, Samoa · medium · 4 h 15 minSoft, slightly sweet yeast buns wrapped round pork braised with onion, garlic and dark soy sauce, twisted shut and steamed until fluffy, Samoa's take on char siu bao.
Keke Pua'a (Samoan Steamed Pork Buns) Aussie Sausage RollsNew South Wales (Sydney), Australia · easy · 1 hA seasoned filling of pork and beef mince with onion, garlic, breadcrumbs and parsley rolled in flaky puff pastry, glazed with egg and baked golden, eaten hot with tomato sauce.
Aussie Sausage Rolls Mokwan (Marshallese Dried Pandanus Paste)Majuro, Marshall Islands · medium · 10 hRipe pandanus keys cooked until soft, scraped for their sweet orange pulp, simmered until red-brown and dried into thin sheets that are rolled, wrapped in leaves and sliced as a chewy snack.
Mokwan (Marshallese Dried Pandanus Paste) Oysters KilpatrickNew South Wales (Sydney), Australia · easy · 23 minFreshly opened oysters on the half shell, splashed with Worcestershire sauce, topped with finely diced bacon and grilled until the bacon crisps, served hot with lemon.
Damper (Australian Bush Bread)Queensland, Australia · easy · 45 minA round of plain soda bread made from self-raising flour, butter and milk, scored with a cross and baked until crusty, torn warm to eat with stew, soup or grilled meat.
Kiwi Seafood ChowderCanterbury, New Zealand · medium · 55 minA thick, creamy New Zealand chowder of green-lipped mussels, white fish, prawns and scallops with kūmara, onion, celery and thyme, served with crusty bread.
Kiwi Seafood Chowder Hāngī StuffingWaikato, New Zealand · easy · 55 minBread crumbled with onion, grated carrot, mixed herbs, lemon and melted butter, wrapped in a foil parcel and baked until steamy and golden at the edges, the stuffing that goes with a hāngī.
Fa'alifu Fa'i (Green Bananas in Coconut Cream)Upolu, Samoa · easy · 35 minPeeled green cooking bananas boiled until just tender, then simmered in salted coconut cream with onion until the sauce thickens and coats them, the everyday Samoan starch.
Cook Islands DoughnutsRarotonga, Cook Islands · medium · 2 h 40 minBig, dense, sweet yeast doughnuts shaped by hand into rings and deep-fried golden, eaten plain and dunked in tea at every Cook Islands gathering.
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