Laplap

Laplap
Laplap
Place of origin Vanuatu
Main ingredients breadfruit, taro, yam, coconut cream, pork, beef, chicken or flying fox

Laplap (sometimes spelled lap lap) is the national dish of Vanuatu.[1] Laplap is prepared by grating breadfruit, bananas, taro or yam roots into a vegetable paste[2]. The paste is then wrapped in banana leaves and cooked in an underground stone oven, with fresh coconut cream. Meats like pork, beef, chicken or flying fox can be added.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The secrets of Vanuatu's national dish, the Lap Lap
  2. ↑ "Anyone for some Lap-Lap ? | Vanuatuan Cuisine". Vanuatu Traveller | vanuatutraveller.com. 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  3. ↑ Vanuatu: Laplap up some tropical flavour (+photos)
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