Laplap

Laplap (sometimes wrongly spelled lap lap) is the national dish of Vanuatu.[1] Laplap is prepared by grating breadfruit, bananas, taro or yam roots into a vegetable paste.[2] The paste is then wrapped in banana leaves and cooked in an underground stone oven, with fresh coconut cream. Meats like pork, beef, chicken or flying fox can be added.[3]

Laplap sosor, a variant of the national dish from Malekula island.
Not to be confused with Lap-lap.
Laplap
Laplap
Place of originVanuatu
Main ingredientsbreadfruit, taro, yam, coconut cream, pork, beef, chicken or flying fox

References
  1. "The secrets of Vanuatu's national dish, the Lap Lap". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2009-03-29. Archived from the original on 2022-12-26.
  2. "Anyone for some Lap-Lap ? | Vanuatuan Cuisine". Vanuatu Traveller | vanuatutraveller.com. 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  3. Vanuatu: Laplap up some tropical flavour (+photos)


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