DISH RESEARCH · Snack
Masi popo
Crisp Samoan coconut biscuits made with butter, coconut milk and desiccated coconut.
About Masi popo
Masi popo are Samoan coconut biscuits with a lightly sweet flavour and a crisp bite. The Koko Samoa's home-style butter rendition contains both coconut milk and desiccated coconut.
Butter adds richness to the wheat-flour base, while the two forms of coconut give the biscuits their distinctive fragrance and texture. Sugar provides a restrained sweetness, with salt balancing the buttery flavour.
The biscuits have golden edges and a firm texture after cooling. They are familiar sweets for family visits and gifting, with English breakfast tea offered alongside.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat, Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Masi popo
The Koko Samoa's butter and coconut masi popo.
- All-purpose wheat flourBase
- Desiccated coconutBase
- SugarSweetener
- Baking powderBinder
- SaltSeasoning
- ButterBinder
- Full-fat coconut milkLiquid
- English breakfast tea, preparedAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- All-purpose wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat source-confirmed. Actual1204 AP wheat; same flour named dry mixture1213.
- Desiccated coconut: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual1205 first desiccated alternative selected; freshly grated coconut is a separately offered option, not unioned.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual1206/1213.
- Baking powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual1207/1213.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual1208/1213.
- Butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual1209 first offered fat and1214 first cut-in method; not margarine/coconut-oil union.
- Full-fat coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual1210/1215, no separate milk or literal added Water.
- English breakfast tea, prepared (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual1220 explicitly offers this classic beverage alternative to Koko Samoa; selected tea-only pairing optional outside complete biscuits. No full own intended English-breakfast-tea recipe found among original links or public own component search.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Samoa
- SamoaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Samoan
- Samoan CuisineCatalogue link pending review