Laplap

These oven-steamed, leaf-wrapped bundles of taro, cassava, yam, sweet potato and/or plantain paste around a variety of fillings are a feast staple in the archipelago of Vanuatu (New Hebrides). I have eaten them on many occasions and they equate with home cooking; filling and rib-sticking delicious.

Before preparing authentic Laplap, you must first locate ethnic (Asian, African or Central American) markets in your area that might carry the requisite root vegetables. (Ethnic ma