Poke

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
pounds Banana
2 tablespoons Sugar, granulated
1 cup Milk, whole
2 cups Water
1 cup Arrowroot
1 Coconut

Directions

Peel and break up bananas. Put into pot, add water and boil until a purplish colour. Take off heat and cool.

Pour mixture into a big bowl and when cold mash and add arrowroot, sugar and milk. Butter a baking dish and pour in mixture to bake at 180^-200^C (360-400^F).

Coconut juice: Grate coconut and add ¾ cup hot water and strain - extracting the milk. Take the baked mixture and cut into medium sized squares. Pour on juice to soak into the poke.

Source: The Maori Cookbook, From The Cookie Lady's Files. Posted on GEnie's Food & Wine RT by COOKIE-LADY [Cookie] on 9/10/93, reposted by DonW1948@... Submitted By DONW1948@... On 20 JUN 1995 205310 ~0400

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