Samoa

Recipes by the places recorded in their sources.

Samoa

5 recipes

Illustrative baked Samoan masi ʻulu, a bread-like loaf formed from fermented breadfruit paste and wrapped in leaves; exact appearance is not established by the source.

Masi ‘ulu (Samoan fermented breadfruit)

Masi ʻulu is a Samoan breadfruit paste fermented in a leaf-lined pit, kneaded, formed into loaves, wrapped in leaves and baked. A secondary FAO account describes the method; no household batch is established.

Western Samoa
Fruit
Illustrative baked Samoan masi faʻi, a bread-like loaf formed from fermented unripe banana paste and wrapped in leaves; exact appearance is not established by the source.

Masi fa‘i (Samoan fermented banana paste)

Masi fa‘i is a Western Samoan paste made by fermenting unripe banana in leaf-lined pits, later formed into loaves and baked. A secondary FAO account describes the method; no modern household batch is established.

Western Samoa
Fruit
Photograph of Samoan breadfruit masi.

Samoan breadfruit masi

Samoan breadfruit masi is a preserved breadfruit paste kept in a leaf-lined pit, then kneaded, shaped into loaves and baked. FAO describes it at Western Samoa scale only.

Western Samoa
Photograph of Samoan banana masi faʻi.

Samoan banana masi faʻi

Masi faʻi is a Western Samoan food of unripe bananas preserved in a leaf-lined pit, later made into loaves and baked. The FAO account gives no storage conditions or validated process.

Western Samoa
Twelve golden pani popo buns baked in a rectangular dish with sweet coconut sauce.

Pani popo (Samoan coconut buns)

Soft yeast rolls bake beneath sweet coconut sauce in this Polynesian Cultural Center adaptation of a wheat-bread recipe, which yields twelve buns for a shared tray.

Samoa · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches