Papua New Guinea Mumu Platter
Papua New Guinea's traditional feast — mumu is the PNG earth oven (like Hawaiian imu or Māori hāngī): meat, sweet potato, taro and greens wrapped in banana leaves and cooked underground with hot stones. This platter recreates the earthy, smoky flavours oven-style: banana leaf-wrapped pork with taro, kaukau (sweet potato) and aibika greens.
- Total
- 50 min
- Serves
- 6
- Level
- Hard
Prep 20 min · Cook 30 min
Ingredients
Method
Preheat oven to 160°C/320°F.
About 5 min
Lay banana leaves in a large deep roasting tin, overlapping, with enough overhang to fold over the top.
About 14 min
Layer sweet potato and taro in the base. Add pork pieces. Scatter garlic and ginger. Pour coconut cream over everything. Season with salt.
About 14 min
Top with aibika or spinach. Fold the banana leaves over to wrap everything tightly. Cover the tin tightly with foil to seal in the steam.
About 14 min
Cook 3 hours until the pork is completely tender and falls apart. Serve on the banana leaves — the leaves impart a subtle earthy flavour throughout.
About 3 min
Nutrition per serving (estimate)
- Calories
- 480
- Protein
- 34 g
- Carbs
- 42 g
- Fat
- 22 g
- Fibre
- 6 g
- Sugar
- 10 g
- Sodium
- 680 mg
Contains: dairy
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Recipe by Boon Tools.