Recipe
🍰 DESSERT
Solomon Islands Cassava Pudding
A sticky, chewy Solomon Islands pudding of grated cassava baked with coconut cream and sugar, served at weddings and feast days.
Solomon Islander · easy · serves 10
prep 20 min · cook 45 min
~323 cal · 2g protein · 53g carbs · 12g fat · 2g fiber · 19g sugars · 11g sat fat (estimated, per serving)
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pudding is the Solomon Islands cosy sweet, grated baked with and sugar until it sets sticky and slightly chewy.
The savory version, made without sugar, is served as a side to whole baked reef fish, but the sweet one is a dessert in its own right, cut into squares and shared at weddings, church gatherings and holidays.
It costs little, uses the that grows in every garden across the Solomon Islands, and turns up wherever people gather to eat, a tropical comfort in every bite.
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✓ Naturally vegetarian, vegan and gluten-, dairy-, egg- and pork-free. No swaps needed.
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🥕 Vegetarian
🌱 Vegan
🌾 Gluten-Free
🥛 Dairy-Free
🥜 Nut-Free
🥚 Egg-Free
🐖 Pork-Free
Dietary labels are a cooking guide, not allergen-safety advice. We track dairy, egg, gluten, tree nuts and peanuts (we count coconut as a tree nut, following FDA labeling), fish, and shellfish; we do not screen for sesame, soy, mustard, celery, or sulphites. If you have a food allergy, read the label on every product you use, and note that a kitchen can cross-contaminate in ways a recipe cannot control.
Ingredients
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Serves 10
2 lbs , peeled and finely grated
1.5 cups thick
3/4 cup sugar (or coconut palm syrup)
1 tsp (optional) vanilla
as needed banana leaves or a greased dish
Instructions
1
Heat the oven to 350F (175C) and grease a baking dish or line it with banana leaves.
2
Mix the grated cassava, coconut cream, sugar and vanilla together into a thick batter.
3
Pour the batter into the dish and spread it into an even layer.
4
Bake for 45 minutes, until firm to the touch and golden at the edges.
5
Let it cool and set, then cut into squares and serve warm or at room temperature.
Solomon Islands feast-day sweet.
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🌏 While it simmers, know your destination
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Honiara. Slippery cabbage is aibika, and the slipperiness is its own mucilage, which thickens a coconut milk sauce without anything else being added to it. The motu, the stone-lined earth oven, also exists in miniature: hot stones dropped straight into a covered pot of cabbage and coconut milk.
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Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands cuisine is Melanesian and root-crop-based, taro, sweet potato, and cassava with fresh fish and 'slippery cabbage' greens, cooked in coconut milk or the earth oven. The reef and garden feed the islands.
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Oceania. The staple crops here were carried on purpose. Lapita voyagers moving east from roughly three thousand years ago brought taro, yam, banana, breadfruit and coconut with them along with pigs and chickens, because most of the islands they settled had almost nothing edible growing on them. The earth oven travelled too, as umu, imu, hangi, lovo, mumu, motu and um.
The story behind this dish is up top, worth a read while the pot works.
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Good to know
You’ll need: Oven.
Storing it: Keeps 3 to 4 days refrigerated and reheats covered in the oven. Most bakes can be assembled a day ahead and baked when needed.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Solomon Islands Cassava Pudding?
A sticky, chewy Solomon Islands pudding of grated cassava baked with coconut cream and sugar, served at weddings and feast days.
Where does Solomon Islands Cassava Pudding come from?
Solomon Islands Cassava Pudding is a Solomon Islander dish from Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Can Solomon Islands Cassava Pudding be made vegan, gluten-free, or dairy-free?
This Solomon Islands Cassava Pudding recipe includes substitution suggestions for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, egg-free, and pork-free versions, including several at once such as gluten-free and dairy-free together. Treat them as a starting guide rather than a guarantee, and see the allergen note below.
Is Solomon Islands Cassava Pudding safe for people with food allergies?
Our dietary labels and substitutions are a cooking guide, not medical or allergen-safety advice. We track dairy, egg, gluten, tree nuts and peanuts (we count coconut as a tree nut, following FDA labeling), fish, and shellfish, but we do not screen for sesame, soy, mustard, celery, or sulphites. If you have a food allergy, always read the label on every product you use, and remember a home or commercial kitchen can cross-contaminate ingredients in ways a recipe cannot control.
How long does Solomon Islands Cassava Pudding take to make?
About 65 minutes total (20 minutes prep, 45 minutes cooking), serving 10.
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