Vanuatu
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Lap-Lap
The national pudding: lap-lap — yam (or banana, taro, cassava) pounded into a paste, layered with island cabbage and coconut, and baked flat in the earth oven like a great pancake-cake, cut in squares. Ingredients: yams,…
Tuluk
The meat roll: tuluk — grated cassava dough wrapped around seasoned pork, rolled in leaves and steamed or baked — Vanuatu's portable feast roll, cousin to lap-lap with the meat inside. Ingredients: cassava, pork (minced…
Island Cabbage (Vanuatu)
The island cabbage: aibika leaves (called 'island cabbage' across Melanesia) simmered in coconut milk with garlic — the green that accompanies every Vanuatu plate. Ingredients: aibika leaves, coconut milk or cream, garli…
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