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LUAU PALUSAMI (American Samoa)
At a Glance
- Prep
- 30 minutes
- Cook
- 60 minutes
- Total
- 1 hr 30 min
- Yield
- 10.00 serving(s)
Categories
- luau dish
Cuisine
- American Samoa
Cooking Method
- Bake
Difficulty
- Easy
Dietary
- traditional
Servings & Nutrition
Original recipe serves 10. Current scale: 1x.
Nutrition and servings are approximate based on the ingredient list. Please verify for dietary or medical needs.
This recipe for LUAU PALUSAMI (American Samoa) brings together 5 coconuts, onion, taro root, leaves (LOTS, usually the inside leaves are preferred) in a practical dish for home cooking. It takes about 1 hr 30 min to prepare and cook. It makes approximately 10 servings.
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Ingredients
- 5 coconuts
- onion
- taro root, leaves (LOTS, usually the inside leaves are preferred)
- salt
- 1 cup water
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Instructions
PREPARING THE CREAM:.
Scrape 5 fresh coconuts into the baking tin.
Bake in oven until brown.
Add 1 cup of warm water.
Squeeze with a thin cloth or tauaga to get cream.
Add salt and onion to personal taste.
PREPARING THE LUAU PALUSAMI:.
Get taro leaves. (You will need 4 leaves for one luau.Use 1 big leaf and 3 or 4 smaller leaves. You can break a bigger leaf to make a smaller leaf.) Lay the 4 pieces flat with the big one on the bottom and the 3 smaller ones on top.
Place leaves in hand and close hand slightly to make leaves in a bowl-like shape, into which you pour the cream.
Pour ~ a small cup of coconut cream inside the leaf structure and close outside edges of the leaves to enclose the cream, making the leaves like a ball-like structure.
Wrap total package in aluminum foil, twisting the top to conceal and hold the package tight.
Put in oven and cook for about an hour at 475 degrees F. (quite high).
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