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Tokelauan cuisine reflects the tiny Pacific atoll's reliance on fish, coconut, and breadfruit due to extremely limited arable land. Traditional communal sharing of food remains culturally significant.

Coconut appears throughout Tokelauan cooking, from drinks to savory dishes. Fresh fish, caught locally, remains the primary protein source across the atolls.

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Arrowroot starch Arrowroot starch or tapioca starch Baking powder Banana leaves Bananas Black pepper Breadfruit Butter or coconut oil Canned corned beef or fish Chilli Coconut Coconut crabs Coconut cream Coconut milk Coconut oil Coconut oil or butter Coconut oil or sunflower oil Cold water Coriander Coriander or spring onion Cucumber Desiccated coconut Egg Firm white fish fillets Fish Fish bones Fish or fish fillets Flour Garlic Heads Honey or sugar Instant yeast Kava root powder Lemons or limes Lime Lime juice Lime or lemon juice Lime wedges Onion Orange Pineapple Pork shoulder Reef fish or fish fillets Ripe papaya Sago or tapioca pearls Salt Shredded coconut Spring onions Sugar Sunflower oil Taro Taro leaves Thumb ginger Tomato Tuna Vanilla extract Very firm white fish fillet Very ripe bananas Warm coconut milk Warm water Water White fish Young green coconuts

Baked Breadfruit with Coconut Cream (Mei Fakapapa)

Holidays & Special Occasions

Ika Umu (Whole Umu-Baked Fish for Feasts)

Holidays & Special Occasions

Palusami (Taro Leaves in Coconut Cream)

Kaleve Niu (Coconut Toffee)

Ika Palai (Fried Fish Cakes)

Vai Niu (Fresh Coconut Water)

Falaoa Mahoa (Arrowroot Flatbread)

Falaoa Niu (Coconut Bread)

Vaisalo (Coconut Cream and Sago Pudding)

Poke (Banana and Coconut Pudding)

Boiled Taro with Coconut Sauce (Talo mo Lolo)

Mahoa Pudding (Arrowroot and Coconut Porridge) (Mahoa)

Pua’a Umu (Umu-Baked Pork)

Ika Fakapapa (Fish Baked in Coconut Cream)

Coconut and Cucumber Salad (Salati Niu)

Talo Vai Niu (Taro and Coconut Milk Soup)

Ika Suafa’i (Fish and Coconut Broth Soup)

Ugauga (Coconut Crab Salad)

Ota (Raw Fish in Lime and Coconut Cream)

Atu mo Talo (Tuna and Taro Stew)

Ika Tunu (Grilled Reef Fish with Coconut Sauce)

Panikeke (Sweet Fried Dough)

Tokelauan Tropical Fruit Salad with Coconut Cream (Salati Fua)

Tokelauan Kava (Traditional Ceremonial Drink)

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