11-16-2020, 08:43 PM
They have hot plates including coconut milk wrapped in taro leaves
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Kalianna, can you describe how cocunut milk is wrapped in taro leaves?
I hope you don't mind if I jump in here Kalianna.
Years ago on American Samoa, a family showed me how to make palusami (coconut milk and other items cooked in a taro leaf) from scratch. We picked the coconuts, and opened them with a machete. If I remember correctly we chose those with young pliable coconut meat, which we scooped out and sliced, then squeezed with coconut fiber to extract the white milk. It took forever. I asked my host if they did this every time palusame was prepared and they laughed "No way! We're just doing this for you! We buy it in a can!"
The taro leaves are stacked into the shape of a bowl so the milk/cream won't run out, then wrapped in aluminum foil and placed in the umu. It's delicious.
Here's a good description with photos:
https://www.polynesia.com/blog/easypalusami
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Kalianna, can you describe how cocunut milk is wrapped in taro leaves?
I hope you don't mind if I jump in here Kalianna.
Years ago on American Samoa, a family showed me how to make palusami (coconut milk and other items cooked in a taro leaf) from scratch. We picked the coconuts, and opened them with a machete. If I remember correctly we chose those with young pliable coconut meat, which we scooped out and sliced, then squeezed with coconut fiber to extract the white milk. It took forever. I asked my host if they did this every time palusame was prepared and they laughed "No way! We're just doing this for you! We buy it in a can!"
The taro leaves are stacked into the shape of a bowl so the milk/cream won't run out, then wrapped in aluminum foil and placed in the umu. It's delicious.
Here's a good description with photos:
https://www.polynesia.com/blog/easypalusami
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