Cassava Pudding

Cassava pudding is a baked root-crop dish in the Solomon Islands. The Tetepare Descendants’ Association publishes a banana version made by its local cooks, with grated cassava, mashed banana and coconut milk. The mixture is arranged in a deep tray lined with ginger leaves, banana leaves or foil.^[1]

The tray is brushed with coconut milk, then filled with a layer of cassava, a thick layer of coconut milk, mashed banana and the remaining cassava. The leaf or foil edges fold over the top. The guide describes baking it in an oven or in hot coals, covered with ginger leaves, heated stones and more leaves beneath a hessian sack.^[1]