Talautu - dessert from Papua New Guinea

 Talautu is a very typical dessert in Papua New Guinea. It is a completely natural dessert made from coconut and pineapple. You can add sugar if you want, but it can be eaten without it, savoring the combination of coconut, pineapple, and lemon. It is also a very easy dessert to make.

Ingredients:

- 1 Coconut.

- 1 Pinapple.

- Lemon juice.

- Sugar.

Method:

1- Grate some fresh coconut and place it in the cup where you will present the dessert.

If you want to see the best way to open a coconut, here's my video showing how I do it:

2-  Peel a pineapple and slice it. Take a slice and cut it into pieces put it together with the coconut.

3-  Add coconut milk until it covers all the ingredients.

4-  Add lemon juice and 2 table spoon of sugar to every cup.

The dessert is ready!

You can also watch the recipe at my Youtube Channel:

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Receta en Español

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Kaima Bona Gatoi - Roasted vegetables from Papua New Guinea

Kaima Bona Gatoi is a vegetarian dish from Papua New Guinea, it is usually served as a side dish with fish or meat dishes.

It is very easy to prepare and it is very similar to our roasted vegetables called 'escalivada'.

Ingredients:

- 1 Zucchini 

- 1 Eggplant 

- Salt 

- 1 Red Pepper 

- 1 Onion 

- 1 teaspoon of cilantro 

- 1 teaspoon of paprika, spicy or not, as you like.

- Vinegar 

- Oil 

Preparation:

1- Cut the eggplant and zucchini into 1 or 2 centimeter thick slices. Cut the onion into 8 pieces and the pepper into small pieces.

2- Put everything in a bowl and add salt, a little bit of oil, vinegar, ginger, cilantro, and paprika. Mix well and let the vegetables marinate for 1 hour.

3- Put the vegetables in the oven and cook for 10 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius, and you're done!

You can also watch the recipe at my Youtube Channel:

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Receta en Español

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Kau Kau - baked sweet potato

 Kau Kau is how sweet potato is called in Papua New Guinea. 

The sweet potato is native to America and arrived in Papua the XVIII century , it was brought by the European settlers. It quickly became one of the most consumed foods in Papua to this day.

Kau kau is a very typical dish in the islands, in addition, it is very delicious and super healthy.

Ingredients:

- 2 Sweet potatoes

- 2 tablespoons of orange juice

- 2 cloves of garlic

- 1/2 cup of coconut milk

- 1/2 onion

- Salt

- Ginger

- Pepper

Preparation:

1- Wash and poke the sweet potatoes with a knife in several places.

2- Wrap the sweet potatoes in aluminum foil and cook at 200ºC in the oven. After 30 minutes, flip them over to cook on the other side as well.

Poke with a knife to check if they are cooked before removing them from the oven.

3- Remove the flesh of the sweet potato and place it in a bowl, do it carefully so that you can later use the skin as a plate container.

4- Add salt, pepper and mix while mashing with a fork.

5- Add coconut milk, onion, garlic, ginger and Orange juice, mix well.

6-Place the mixture on the sweet potato skin and bake for an additional 10 minutes in the oven, at the same temperature as before.

You can also watch the recipe at my Youtube Channel:

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Receta en Español

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