DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Simboro
Wild-yam filling wrapped in island cabbage and cooked in fresh coconut milk.
About Simboro
Simboro is a Vanuatu preparation of grated starch enclosed in island cabbage leaves. Laura Thulesen documents Ni-Vanuatu cook Monique's wild-yam version, with fresh coconut milk surrounding the parcels.
The filling has the mild, earthy character of yam, balanced by the richness of coconut milk. The edible leaf wrapping adds its own green vegetable flavour.
A doughy grated-yam filling sits inside the softened leaves. The account describes the familiar tightly rolled shape while acknowledging that the visitors' own parcels were looser, all layered together in a cooking pan.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Simboro
Monique's Vanuatu wild-yam simboro, documented by Laura Thulesen.
- Wild yamBase
- Island cabbage leavesBaseIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid
- Freshly extracted coconut milkLiquid
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Wild yam: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual preparation explicitly says wild yam/waelyam. Broader yam candidate; local botanical species unresolved, not forced to African or American wild-yam species.
- Island cabbage leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal local edible leaf identity retained; botanical identity and exact catalogue mapping not established.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Step3 expressly adds water to the grating bowl; no inferred extra coconut-extraction water.
- Freshly extracted coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Step7 milks a coconut and squeezes the milk directly over parcels; broader coconut-milk candidate, no canned product substituted.
Origins & food traditions
Simboro is a Vanuatu leaf-wrapped starch dish prepared with root crops or cooking banana.
Countries
- Vanuatu
- VanuatuCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Ni-Vanuatu Cuisine
- Vanuatuan CuisineCatalogue link pending review