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Topoi

Name: Topoi
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Fiji
Ingredients: 150g All-purpose flour; 80ml Water; 400ml Coconut milk; 60g Brown sugar; 1 Bananas; A pinch Salt

Dessert

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Little flour dumplings simmered sweet in coconut milk — a humble Fijian snack.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Topoi is a Fijian home snack of small balls of wheat or cassava flour dough simmered in sweet coconut milk. A gentle dessert a little like Japanese oshiruko, it's loved as a children's snack and for rainy afternoons. Some families add banana or dark sugar.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a rainy afternoon on a village veranda, grandmother stirs a pot of topoi as children wait their turn holding bowls.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

All-purpose flour 150g
Water 80ml
Coconut milk 400ml
Brown sugar 60g
Bananas 1
Salt A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix and knead the flour, salt, and water into a soft dough.
Pinch off small pieces (about 2cm) and roll into balls.
Warm the coconut milk, 200ml water, and dark sugar in a pot to dissolve the sugar.
Add the dumplings and simmer 5 more minutes after they float.
Add the sliced banana and simmer 2 minutes.
Serve warm in bowls.

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