Every country and every ethnic group has its own cuisine. Similarly, the residents of the Cook Islands. Of course, there is a lot of fruits and vegetables in process, after all, contains that grows on trees on the Islands. Here a number of dishes where, among other things, the papaya.

* Raro Tarati Salad

* Traditional Papaya salad

* Papaya Poke

Raro Tarati Salad

Ingredients:

* Cucumber

* Tomato

* Save

* Onions

* Look

* Spring onion

* Radish

* Peppers (not too sharp)

* Thick coconut milk

* Canned corned beef (or cooked tuna, crab, lobster, shrimp, ham etc.)

Preparation:

* Create the clean vegetables

* Cut them into small pieces

* In a large Salad Bowl mix

* The corned beef through mixing

* Coconut milk over casting

* To use in the fridge put

* Serve with rice

Traditional Papaya salad

Ingredients:

* Green papaya, peeled and grated in strips

* Or watercress, lettuce leaves into small pieces

* Red onion into rings

* Mint Sprig

For the dressing

* 1 tablespoon papaya seeds

* 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion

* 1 tablespoon sugar or honey

* ½ teaspoon dry mustard or Chile

* 1,2 dl vinegar or lemon zest

* 2.4 dl oil

Preparation:

* Mix the vegetables with the dressing

* Serving at a visgerecht

Papaya Poke

Ingredients:

* 1 cup pijlwortel powder

* 1 dessert Spoon sugar

* 2.5 dl thick coconut milk

* 4.8 dl or pumpkin, papaya, banana or other fruit

Preparation:

* Peel the papaya and remove the seeds look like

* Was the fruit and cut him into small cubes

* Boiling the flesh cooked

* The Puree in a food processor

* The mixture in a strainer to redo so it looks like drips sap

* Let the whole thing cool

* Arrow root with possibly some sugar by stirring the papayamengsel

* Redo the whole thing in a flat baking dish

* In 1.5 to 2 hours in the oven at 200 ° C baking

* Cool and cut into small cubes

* Sugar to add the coconut milk and on the bakmengsel casting