Poke
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2¼ | pounds | Banana |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sugar, granulated |
| 1 | cup | Milk, whole |
| 2 | cups | Water |
| 1 | cup | Arrowroot |
| 1 | Coconut | |
Directions
Peel and break up bananas. Put into pot, add water and boil until a purplish colour. Take off heat and cool.
Pour mixture into a big bowl and when cold mash and add arrowroot, sugar and milk. Butter a baking dish and pour in mixture to bake at 180^-200^C (360-400^F).
Coconut juice: Grate coconut and add ¾ cup hot water and strain - extracting the milk. Take the baked mixture and cut into medium sized squares. Pour on juice to soak into the poke.
Source: The Maori Cookbook, From The Cookie Lady's Files. Posted on GEnie's Food & Wine RT by COOKIE-LADY [Cookie] on 9/10/93, reposted by DonW1948@... Submitted By DONW1948@... On 20 JUN 1995 205310 ~0400