Traditional laplap: Vanuatu's grated cassava pudding with chicken and coconut milk, baked in banana leaf
Published on: July 25, 2026
Vanuatu's national dish: cassava, yam or green banana grated into a mass, spread over banana leaves with pieces of chicken or meat, drizzled with coconut milk, wrapped and cooked for hours in the stone oven or a regular oven until firm like a savory pudding. With the banana laplap version.