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Lu Moa

Lū moa are Tongan chicken parcels with coconut milk, onion and tender taro leaves.

About Lu Moa

Lū moa are Tongan chicken parcels with coconut milk, onion and tender taro leaves. Mele Vaikeli's Nuku'alofa rendition includes yam alongside the richly flavoured leaf-wrapped chicken.

Coconut milk gives the filling a creamy character, while onion brings a gentle sweetness. The taro leaves form a soft green layer around the chicken and absorb the savoury juices.

Each portion arrives as an individual parcel with chunks of yam on the plate. The mellow, starchy accompaniment balances the coconut-rich filling in this Sunday-meal dish.

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Ingredients in Lu Moa

Mele Vaikeli's Tongan lū moa with yam.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Chicken: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual711/725/728, bone state flexible as source offers; no cut inferred.
  • Canned coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual712/730 named canned coconut milk, full supplier formula unknown; not dairy Milk by name.
  • Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual713/726/728.
  • Taro leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual714/724/727/731 edible wrapper; collard/kale alternatives not selected.
  • Yam: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual715 first Yam over sweet potato, prepared723 and prescribed plate734; required component, exact yam species/boiling medium unspecified.
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual716/729 literal parcel seasoning; no unprovided salted-boiling formula inferred.

Origins & food traditions

Lū moa is a Tongan Sunday dish traditionally cooked in an underground oven. This recipe is by Mele Vaikeli of Nuku'alofa.

Countries

  • Tonga
  • TongaCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

Sources & references
  1. Tongan Lu Moa: Peace Corp Recipes — Evangeline Mee, Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2011), recipe by Mele Vaikeli