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    Home » Blogging Marathon » Western Samoa -- Poi (Banana Puddling)

    Western Samoa -- Poi (Banana Puddling)

    Published: Sep 26, 2014 · Modified: Dec 16, 2019 by Pavani · Leave a Comment

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    BM# 44: A-Z Cooking Series -- Around the World in 30 days

    Country: W for Western Samoa

    Dish: Poi (Banana Pudding)

    We are moving on to Western Samoa today. There are not too many countries starting with W and so I picked one from this list and cooked from it, not realizing until I started typing the post that is the former name for Samoa. Oh well, it is what it is now and I'm going with it!!!!!!

    Western Samoa/ Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. To be honest, I had no clue where these islands where till today and WIKI has given me lot of geographic knowledge about the country. It is fascinating to read about a new country, that too about a country that I just made a dish from. So if you want to know where and what Samoan islands are, please refer to this link.

    I found this great blog called Samoafood written by a Samoan. She says 'Samoa is the home to some of the smiliest people in the world.' They love their food and every major life event is marked with a feast. Their dishes usually include whole pig, fresh seaweed, crayfish, baked taro, rice. Coconut appears in many Samoan dishes. I have made a Samoan Coconut buns, Panipopo, some time back and loved the creamy, sweet buns a lot.

    Today's dish I made from Samoafood could not be simpler, but I was initially skeptical because uncooked coconut milk is not something that I'm really used to. But this simple dessert tasted refreshing and delicious. Adding lemon zest gives it the required tartness to the otherwise sweet and creamy dessert. I added lime zest because that was all I had in the fridge.

    [wpurp-searchable-recipe]Poi (Banana Puddling)Ripe Bananas, Coconut milk, Sugar (adjust as per taste and the sweetness of your bananas), Lemon zest (I used lime zest), Vanilla extract, Mash the banana into a smooth paste. Add all the other ingredients and refrigerate for 30 minutes.; Banana will discolor and form a dark layer on the top. Just mix it in. Try to eat this pudding as soon as possible.; [/wpurp-searchable-recipe]

    Western Samoa -- Poi (Banana Puddling)

    Author: Pavani
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    Prep Time: 10 mins
    Chilling Time:: 30 mins
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Samoa
    Servings: 2 Servings

    Ingredients

    • 2 Ripe Bananas
    • ¼ cup Coconut milk
    • 1~2 tsp Sugar, adjust as per taste and the sweetness of your bananas
    • ¼ tsp Lemon/ Lime zest
    • ¼ tsp Vanilla extract

    Instructions

    • Mash the banana into a smooth paste. Add all the other ingredients and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
    • Banana will discolor and form a dark layer on the top. Just mix it in. Try to eat this pudding as soon as possible.
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    1. Usha Rao

      September 26, 2014 at 11:42 am

      Such a simple dish. Actually the country you picked fits right into the theme. You actually did a country, though you used a former name. Nice choice for W.

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    2. Varadas Kitchen

      September 26, 2014 at 12:37 pm

      Very simple dish but the flavor combination sounds very good. Nice dessert.

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    3. Priya Suresh

      September 26, 2014 at 1:01 pm

      Thanks for introducing this pudding. Poi looks absolutely delicious, i can have a bowl of these droolworthy Poi.

      Reply
    4. vaishali sabnani

      September 27, 2014 at 4:06 am

      Lovely clicks. .and that pudding ..with banana and coconut milk must be delicious but for sure some people might have to develop taste. .specially people like me who don't eat bananas.

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    5. Suma Gandlur

      September 28, 2014 at 12:57 am

      I bet it is flavorful though sounds simple. During the research for this BM, I had come across a link which talked about the must try desserts from around the world and I think this was mentioned in it.

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    6. Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi

      September 29, 2014 at 2:05 pm

      Simple and yumm! I was also skeptical about using raw coconut milk, but I found it not very different from regular milk albeit with the coconut flavor 🙂

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    7. Srivalli

      October 06, 2014 at 12:48 pm

      Very interesting Pavani, infact the former name was included in my mind..heheh..guess we never explicitly talked about it..so wonderful that you actually got a country cooked..very nice dish..

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    8. PJ

      October 12, 2014 at 7:54 am

      Very nice recipe Pavani and nice choice too...

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    9. Archana Potdar

      October 15, 2014 at 3:11 am

      Wow that is yummy. Will love this for breakfast.

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    10. Manjula Bharath

      October 29, 2014 at 2:37 am

      wow tempting and delicious pudding with banana 🙂

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    11. Global Tastes & Travels Inc.

      October 29, 2014 at 4:35 am

      what an easy recipe and interesting country selection

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    12. Global Tastes & Travels Inc.

      October 29, 2014 at 4:35 am

      what an easy recipe and interesting country selection

      Reply
    13. Sreevalli E

      November 05, 2014 at 1:52 am

      Delicious pudding.. Though I'm not a fan of banana's still would love try this..

      Reply

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