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 Kaukau Long Kokonas

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Kaukau Long Kokonas

Side Dish
⏱ 40 min
👥 Serves 4
Difficulty ⭐

Sweet potato simmered in coconut cream — an everyday dish in Papua New Guinea.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Kaukau is the Tok Pisin word for sweet potato, the staple of Papua New Guinea, especially in the highlands. Kaukau long kokonas (sweet potato with coconut) is a simple dish of sweet potato simmered in coconut cream with onion and greens. It's eaten almost daily with grilled fish or chicken.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Sweet potatoes piled high at a highland market in Papua New Guinea simmer silky with coconut cream in a pot at home.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Peel the sweet potatoes and cut into large cubes.

  2. Boil the sweet potatoes in water in a pot for 10 minutes.

  3. Add the sliced onion and coconut cream and simmer 10 minutes.

  4. Add the roughly chopped spinach and simmer 2 minutes.

  5. Season with salt.

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