Palusami

Taro leaves baked with coconut cream and onion.

Ingredients

• 600 g Taro leaves
• 2½ cups Coconut cream
• 2 Onion
• 6 Banana leaves
• 2 tsp Salt

Method

1. Prepare the leaves — Wash the taro leaves and remove the tough central stems.
2. Form cups — Stack several leaves in your palm to form a cup shape.
3. Fill — Pour thick coconut cream in with chopped onion and salt.
4. Fold — Fold the taro leaves over and wrap the parcel in banana leaf, tying it closed.
5. Bake — Cook in an umu or at 180°C for 1½ hours until the leaves are completely soft — undercooked taro leaves irritate the throat.
6. Palusami is ready — Unwrap and eat the leaves with the creamy filling.

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