Mumu Papua New Guinea Traditional Food

Mumu is also referred to as a method of cooking in papua new guinea where a makeshift outdoor oven is created using hot stones.
Mumu papua new guinea traditional food. Dia sweet sago dish 9. A mumu pig and vegetables roasted in a ground oven is a traditional method of cooking large quantities of food for celebrations in papua new guinea png. The traditional cooking in the rural areas is done in an open fire. Kokoda is a dish consisting of fish that is cooked in a.
Common foods staples of the traditional png diet include fish seafood sago sweet potato kaukau taro taro leaf cassava cassava leaf breadfruit edible leafy greens kumu coconut and fruits. Traditional food in papua new guinea 1. Usually these pits are dug to cook for a large group or special events but. Ingredients 1 large banana leaf for cooking only not edible 2 bunches kale 2 taro roots peeled and cut up 2 green plantains peeled and cut up 2 sweet potatoes peeled and cut up 2 lbs chicken boneless skinless thighs cut into bite size pieces 2 lbs pork belly cut into bite size pieces 1 pineapple.
It is composed of pork sweet potato rice and vegetables. Mumu is a traditional dish combining roast pork sweet potatoes rice and greens. The traditional meat is pork which is often eaten on special occasions. It is a slow cooked assortment of fruits vegetables root crops and meat.
Specialities traditional cuisine of papua new guinea is based on root crops such as taro kaukau and yams sago and pig cooked in. Mumu in the highlands of papua new guinea. Mumu earth pit oven 6. Mumu is an earth oven that operates by heating stones which are subsequently put into or arranged around the food.
Notable dishes mumu is regarded as the national dish of papua new guinea. Cooking is also done in a conventional earth oven called mumu. The food is either wrapped in leaves or placed directly in the fire. Chicken pot is a dish consisting of chicken that has been stewed with mixed vegetables and coconut cream.
After an hour. Local fruits include pineapples pawpaws mangoes passion fruit and bananas. Taro root vegetable 4. Mumu is the traditional art of roasting cooking food in shallow earthen pits using hot stones.
Kaukau sweet potato 2. It involves digging a pit filling it with hot coals or rocks adding food then burying the whole lot for hours so it can cook. Saksak sago pearls dumpling 5. Kokoda fish png raw fish 8.
Mumu is the national dish of papua new guinea.