Te bua toro ni baukin

One of the most popular dishes in the Kiribati Islands is Te bua toro ni baukin (in Gilbertese). Te bua toro ni baukin is a savory cake made with pumpkin, cabbage, and tinned beef that literally translates to "vegetable and meat cake." Te bua toro ni baukin is a Kiribati meal cooked with a lot of vegetables and pork. This dish is made by Kiribatians from canned meat. Cabbage, pumpkin, flour, milk, baking powder, and other comparable components can be used as well. The indigenous cooks of Kiribati season it with pepper, lemon juice, salt, and other spices. Believe it or not, a Kiribati baked dessert called Te bua toro ni baukin exists.

Ingredients:

1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 6 tablespoons powdered milk, 1½ lb grated pumpkin (about 1 medium pumpkin), 1½ lb shredded cabbage (about 1 medium cabbage), 1 lemon, ½ lb tin meat (SPAM), or ½ lb/200g corned beef

Instruction:

1. Peel the pumpkin and grate the flesh into a dish, or if the pumpkin is large, cut the top and carve the inside. Drain excess water from the grated pumpkin.
2. Shred cabbage and add to the grated pumpkin.
3. Add flour, tinned meat (or diced corned beef), powdered milk (or soy milk), cabbage and baking powder to the pumpkin. Mix all together. Add salt, pepper and lemon juice. Put the mixture into a baking dish that was greased with butter or oil.
4. Cook in 350F/180C oven until brown, about 45 to 50 minutes.