Cuisine in Nauru

Coconut Fish

Regional cold dish of fresh tuna lightly cured in lemon juice, coated with coconut milk.

• Main ingredients: Tuna, Coconut milk, Lime, Salt

Palusami

Polynesian-origin home food wrapping coconut cream and fish in taro leaves, then steaming.

• Main ingredients: Taro leaves, Fish, Coconut cream

Pannot

Unfermented fried doughnuts served at breakfast or festivals.

• Main ingredients: Wheat flour, Sugar, Water, Oil

Babai Chips

Salted snack of giant taro (babai) thinly sliced and deep-fried.

• Main ingredients: Babai, Salt, Oil

Grilled Noddy

Traditional protein source roasting noddy seabird with herbs. Now rare due to protection.

• Main ingredients: Noddy bird, Herbs, Salt

Roast Pork Lumi

Feast dish slow-roasting in oven dug in ground.

• Main ingredients: Pork, Banana leaves, Sea salt

Steamed Breadfruit

Simple dessert wrapped with hot stones and leaves.

• Main ingredients: Breadfruit