Market Seafood · Octopus in Coconut Cream
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Octopus is tenderized and simmered slowly until it turns almost silky, soaking up the coconut cream instead of going rubbery.
Octopus is cleaned, tenderized, and simmered in coconut cream with onion until soft, making a rich, mild seafood dish sold at Nuku'alofa's waterfront and market stalls.
Why it's made this way: Octopus is a common catch around Tongatapu's reef flats, and simmering it slowly in coconut cream is a traditional way to turn a tough catch into a tender, everyday dish.
Roughly what's in it
290kcal
24gprotein
6gcarbs
18gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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