🇻🇺 Ni-Vanuatu Cuisine

Lap Lap Manioc

Cassava Lap Lap

Prep Time 30 min

Servings 6

Difficulty Hard

Calories 305 kcal

Grated cassava baked with coconut milk in banana leaves over hot stones. A traditional earth oven dish.

Ingredients

1kg cassava, peeled and grated
2 cups coconut milk
1/2 tsp salt
Banana leaves
1 onion, sliced
1 cup island cabbage
2 tbsp coconut cream
1 tbsp coconut oil

Instructions

1 Grate cassava finely.
2 Mix with coconut milk and salt.
3 Line banana leaves on a flat surface.
4 Spread cassava mixture on leaves.
5 Layer with island cabbage and onion.
6 Wrap in banana leaves, bake in earth oven 2 hours.

Did You Know?

Lap Lap takes different names depending on the root vegetable used: yam, taro, or cassava.