Papuan Cuisine & Recipes

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Papua New Guinea Recipes



Typical Papuan Dishes

Soups & Stews

  • Bugandi Egg Drop Soup

Poultry

  • Chicken Pot (Chicken simmered with vegetables & coconut cream)

Meats

  • Bully Beef (Corned beef with rice)
  • Corned Beef & Pumpkin
  • Mumu (Pit-roasted pork & vegetables)

Fish & Seafood

  • Hula Crab & Taro
  • Kokoda Fish (Fish with lime-coconut sauce)
  • Kol Pis No Rais (Fish with rice)

Vegetables

  • Kumu (Wild greens)
  • Roasted Breadfruit
  • Stuffed Papaya

Starches & Grains

  • Coconut Rice
  • Dia (Sago & bananas with coconut cream)
  • Kaukau (Baked sweet potatoes)
  • Pumpkin Rice
  • Saksak (Sago dumplings)
  • Tapioca Cream Squares

Preserves

  • Coconut-Papaya Jam

Desserts

  • Banana with Coconut Cream
  • Talautu (Pineapple in coconut cream)

Beverages