Babai with coconut milk

Name: Babai with coconut milk
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Kiribati
Ingredients: 1.5 kg taro gigante (babai); 400 ml leche de coco; 3 cdas sirope de coco (kamaimai); sal

Giant swamp taro from babai pits, boiled and bathed in coconut milk with coconut sugar.

⏱️ Total1 h 50 min
📊 DifficultyMedium
🍖 TypeMain course
📜 EraAncestral / pre-Hispanic

🎉 Festivities 🍽️ Lunch 🌱 Vegan 🌾 Gluten-free

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Ingredients

servings

1 ½ kg taro gigante (babai)
400 ml leche de coco
3 cdas sirope de coco (kamaimai)
sal

Method

Prep 20 min · Cooking 1 h 30 min

Pela el babai y córtalo en trozos.
Cuécelo en agua 1 hora.
Machácalo ligeramente.
Añade leche de coco y kamaimai.
Cuece 20 minutos y sirve.

History and tradition

El babai se cultiva en pozos excavados en los atolones y es un alimento de prestigio en las celebraciones.

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Ingredients

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