World Cuisines

Kiribati

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Te Karewe (Toddy)

The palm toddy heart: te karewe — fresh toddy (sap) tapped twice daily from coconut flower spathes, drunk sweet, or boiled into kamaimai syrup and te karamaki sugar — Kiribati's palm economy in a cup. Ingredients: coconu…

Te Bua Toro

The mashed breadfruit: te bua toro ni bangu (bua toro) — cooked breadfruit or babai (giant swamp taro) mashed with kamaimai syrup or coconut into the atolls' festive mash. Ingredients: breadfruit or babai, kamaimai (todd…

Reef Fish (Kiribati)

The atoll fish: milkfish, reef fish and tuna grilled, dried or in coconut soups — with rice (imported) and breadfruit, the daily table of the Gilbert Islands. Ingredients: fish (milkfish prized), coconut, salt, pandanus…

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