DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Feke
Octopus and onion simmered in thick coconut cream.
About Feke
Lo’i Feke is the octopus-in-coconut-cream recipe supplied by the ’Eua Island Tongan cooking page. This named version uses octopus, onion and thick coconut cream in a simple pot preparation.
Coconut cream supplies a rich sauce around the octopus, with onion adding its characteristic savoury sweetness. The source keeps the main ingredient list short rather than introducing a separate spice mixture.
The octopus is presented in diced pieces in the coconut sauce. The selected optional accompaniments are yam and pele, each cooked with coconut cream; the offered green-banana alternative remains separate.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Molluscs.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Feke
’Eua’s Tongan Lo’i Feke with coconut cream.
- OctopusProtein
- OnionAromatic
- Thick coconut creamLiquid
- YamAccompaniment · Optional
- Pele leavesAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- WaterCooking medium
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Octopus: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Molluscs source-confirmed. Actual fresh option selected over defrosted; exact species unprovided.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Thick coconut cream: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main and selected optional sides coconutcream consolidated; no dairy-cream substitute from separate Kapisi Pulu chapter imported.
- Yam (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual suggested ’ufi coconutcream side9 selected over green banana; no invented species or additional formula.
- Pele leaves (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual optional pele coconutcream side9; source says spinach-like, botanical species not identified, not forced to spinach.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source15 explicitly running water for octopus cleaning, food-contact preparation medium only; not invented cooking water or sauce liquid.
Origins & food traditions
Cuisines & regions
- Tongan Cuisine
- Samoan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Tongan cuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.