Samoa: Recipes and Cuisine

Samoan cuisine, like much of Samoan life, is enjoyed in a largely communal fashion. Families often gather together for a traditional umu firepit feast where pork is the favorite meat. Seafood and fish are also abundant and very popular. Coconuts are gathered from beaches and used for their meat and for coconut milk and cream. Taro root, bananas and breadfruit form a starchy foundation to the diet.

Typical Samoan Dishes

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A list of typical Samoan dishes and foods. Use it to help you plan a Samoan-style meal, party or festival.

Poultry

Taisi Moa (Chicken baked in banana leaves)

Meats

Pea Tunuvilivili (Chargrilled flying fox bats)

Fish and Seafood

Oka I'a (Lime-marinated tuna)

Vegetables

Palusami (Taro leave parcels filled with coconut cream)

Beverages

Kava (Relaxing herbal tea)

Samoan Recipes

Try these recipes from Samoa.

Oka I'a

(Samoan lime-marinated tuna; see Poisson Cru recipe)

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