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Aibika in Coconut

Name: Aibika in Coconut
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Papua New Guinea
Ingredients: 1 bunch Molokhia; 200ml Coconut cream; 1/2 Onion; 1 piece Ginger; 1/2 tsp Salt

Side Dish

⏱ 20 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Slippery aibika greens simmered in coconut cream — a familiar greens dish in Papua New Guinea.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Aibika is a relative of okra and one of the most commonly eaten greens in Papua New Guinea. Its leaves are slightly slippery and highly nutritious. The classic way is to simmer them with coconut cream and onion, and they appear on the daily table with root vegetables and fish.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Greens picked from the home garden in Papua New Guinea simmer with coconut cream in a pot and are served beside a plate of root vegetables.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Molokhia 1 bunch
Coconut cream 200ml
Onion 1/2
Ginger 1 piece
Salt 1/2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Pick the molokhia leaves and chop roughly.
Warm the coconut cream, sliced onion, and julienned ginger in a pot.
Simmer 5 minutes to soften the onion.
Add the greens and simmer 3 minutes.
Season with salt.

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