Taro Poe

Servings: 6

Ingredients:

3 taros

1 banana leaf

1 pineapple

500 g manioc starch

1 soupspoon oil

Castor sugar

1 vanilla been

2 grated coconuts

Cooking Instructions:

Weight and prepare all ingredients. Wash and peel the taro and the pineapple. Cut the taro into cubes and cook in sugar water (1 soupspoon). Coarsely grate the pineapple. Prepare the banana leaf in passing it rapidly over a flame to soften it, brush with oil. Press the out the coconut mild and put aside. Drip the cooked taro and mash. Check the quantity of the taro � for 2 volumes taro, add 1 volume starch and ½ volume sugar. The quantity of sugar can be adjusted according to taste. Mix well and add the vanilla (inside of been only). Spread the �poe� in the middle of the banana leaf. Fold carefully and put on a slightly oiled baking sheet of in a mould. Bake in the oven at 150o to 175o (Pos. 5-6) for about 45 min. Careful, the banana leaf will smell burnt however the �poe� might not be cooked yet. Check the cooking. Once baked remove from the oven and unfold the banana leaf carefully. Put the �poe� on a service plate and cut, pour the coconut milk. Serve with coconut milk to add.

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