Market Dessert · Steamed Cassava Cake
Cassava Pudding
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What's called "pudding" here isn't a British custard — it's a dense, chewy cassava cake sweetened with coconut cream.
Cassava pudding is grated cassava, sometimes mixed with sweet potato, combined with coconut cream and sugar, then cooked — often wrapped in banana leaves — until it sets into a dense, chewy cake. It's sold at Honiara Central Market and appears widely at festivals and special occasions.
Why it's made this way: Grating and sweetening cassava with coconut cream turned an everyday starchy root into a dessert that keeps well without refrigeration, making it practical for market stalls and communal celebrations alike.
Roughly what's in it
300kcal
3gprotein
55gcarbs
8gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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