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Faikakai Topai

Name: Faikakai Topai
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Tonga
Ingredients: 200g All-purpose flour; 120ml Water; A pinch Salt; 200ml Coconut cream; 100g Brown sugar; 50g Sugar

Dessert

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Flour dumplings drenched in dark sugar and coconut cream caramel — a traditional Tongan sweet.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Faikakai topai is a traditional Tongan sweet: flat boiled flour dumplings (topai) are drenched in tupai, a rich caramel sauce made by burning sugar and adding coconut cream. It's enjoyed as a family dessert at Sunday meals and celebrations.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sunday afternoon in Tonga, brown coconut caramel sauce is poured generously over a pile of flat dumplings as children reach for them.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

All-purpose flour 200g
Water 120ml
Salt A pinch
Coconut cream 200ml
Brown sugar 100g
Sugar 50g

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Knead the flour, salt, and water and make 8 flat round dumplings.
Boil the dumplings in plenty of water, cook 3 minutes after they float, and remove.
Put the sugar in a pot over heat and burn until brown.
Add the dark sugar and coconut cream and cook down until thick.
Plate the dumplings and pour over plenty of caramel sauce.

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