A FOOD TRADITION
Traditional Fijian Cuisine
A Pacific Island cooking tradition centered on root crops, seafood, coconut, leafy greens, and earth-oven cooking.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Dalo Vakasoso
Taro is boiled until tender and finished by simmering in coconut milk for a traditional Fijian root-vegetable dish.
Duruka in Coconut Milk
Tender duruka flower shoots are gently cooked in coconut milk with onion, garlic, and salt.
Fijian Breadfruit Pudding
A traditional Fijian dessert made by cooking breadfruit with coconut milk and sugar until soft and pudding-like.
Fijian Cassava Cake
A dense baked cake made from grated cassava enriched with coconut milk, sugar, egg, and butter.
Ika Vakalolo
Ika vakalolo is Fijian fish simmered or baked in a coconut-based sauce, typically with aromatics and sometimes tomato or chilli.
Kokoda
Kokoda is a Pacific raw-fish preparation associated especially with Fijian and Papua New Guinean cuisine, in which fish is cured or marinated in citrus juice and combined with coconut milk or cream, onion, tomato, and chilli.
Lovo
Lovo is a traditional Fijian earth-oven cooking method and the communal feast prepared with it. Meat, fish, root crops, and vegetables are layered or wrapped in leaves, placed over heated stones in an underground pit, and cooked slowly before being shared.
Nama Salad
A Fijian salad of fresh nama sea grapes dressed with coconut milk, citrus, onion, tomato, and salt.
Palusami
Palusami is a Pacific Island parcel of taro leaves filled with coconut cream and onion, traditionally baked or steamed; some versions add meat or fish. It is recognized in Kiribati as well as Samoa, Fiji, Tuvalu, and other Pacific cuisines.
Rourou
Rourou is a Fijian side dish of taro leaves simmered until tender in coconut milk with onion and garlic.
Tavioka Vakasoso
Cassava is cooked until tender and simmered in coconut milk with sugar as a traditional Fijian sweet preparation.
Vakalolo
Vakalolo is a Fijian steamed sweet pudding made chiefly from grated cassava, coconut, and sugar, often wrapped in a leaf.
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