🇹🇻 Tuvaluan Cuisine

Boiled Taro Tuvalu

Plain Boiled Taro Root

Prep Time 5 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy
Calories 192 kcal

Taro root peeled and boiled until tender. Served with butter and coconut cream.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Peel and cube taro.
  2. 2 Boil in salted water 20 minutes.
  3. 3 Drain well.
  4. 4 Toss with butter and lime.
  5. 5 Drizzle with coconut cream.
  6. 6 Garnish with green onion.

Did You Know?

Taro pits on Tuvalu are dug below the water table to access freshwater for the roots.