Lovo
The earth oven: lovo — pork, chicken, palusami and root crops wrapped in leaves and cooked on hot stones in a pit, covered with earth — Fiji's feast engine for weddings and Sundays.
What it is
The earth oven: lovo — pork, chicken, palusami and root crops wrapped in leaves and cooked on hot stones in a pit, covered with earth — Fiji's feast engine for weddings and Sundays. Ingredients: pork or chicken, taro (dalo), cassava, sweet potatoes, palusami (taro leaves in coconut), banana leaves, stones. Recipe: 1) Heat stones in the pit. 2) Place wrapped foods over the stones. 3) Cover with leaves and earth; cook 2-3 hours. 4) Uncover; serve on woven mats. Serve: at village feasts and resort cultural nights (the real thing is in the villages). Flavor: smoky, tender, coconut-rich. History: lovo is the Fijian umu — Polynesian earth-oven technology in Melanesian hands. See also: Kokoda, Duruka.
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