Food of Fiji
Fijian food blends Pacific island staples like taro, cassava, coconut, and fresh fish with Indian curries, flatbreads, and sweets brought by generations of Indo-Fijian cooks. The traditional lovo earth oven cooks meat and root crops slowly for feasts, while everyday meals include curries, roti, and fresh tropical fruit. Seafood and coconut cream are signature flavors.
- Main dishes (10)
- Breakfast (4)
- Street food (5)
- Soups (3)
- Salads (3)
- Desserts and sweets (5)
- Drinks (4)
- Fruits and produce (8)
Staples
- taro, cassava, coconut, fish, rice, lentils, flour
Signature flavors
- coconut cream, lime, chili, curry spices, ginger, tamarind
Main dishes
Raw fish cured in lime juice and tossed with coconut cream.
Key ingredients: fish, lime, coconut creamFull guide →Earth-oven feast of meat, fish, and root crops.
Key ingredients: pork, cassava, taro
Taro leaves cooked in coconut milk.
Key ingredients: taro leaves, coconut milkFish simmered in coconut cream.
Key ingredients: fish, coconut cream, onionFijian-Indian curry with potatoes.
Key ingredients: chicken, curry powder, potatoesSlow-cooked curry with rich spice.
Key ingredients: lamb, onion, garlic
Boiled taro root.
Key ingredients: taro, saltFijian asparagus-like cane shoots cooked in coconut milk.
Key ingredients: duruka, coconut milk
Taro leaves baked with coconut cream.
Key ingredients: taro leaves, coconut creamFull guide →Fried fish with chips.
Key ingredients: fish, potatoesBreakfast
Flatbread with vegetable curry.
Key ingredients: flour, vegetablesBoiled cassava with sweet tea.
Key ingredients: cassavaBanana pancakes with coconut syrup.
Key ingredients: banana, flour
Flaky flatbread.
Key ingredients: flour, gheeStreet food
Fried pastry with spiced potato.
Key ingredients: potato, peasFull guide →
Fried vegetable fritters.
Key ingredients: chickpea flour, vegetablesCurry wrapped in roti.
Key ingredients: roti, curryCrisp fried cassava.
Key ingredients: cassavaGrilled whole fish at markets.
Key ingredients: fish, limeSoups
Light coconut broth with fish.
Key ingredients: fish, coconut milk
Thin spiced lentil soup.
Key ingredients: lentils, turmeric, garlicFull guide →Hearty root soup.
Key ingredients: cassava, coconutSalads
Fish salad in lime and coconut.
Key ingredients: fish, limeFull guide →Fresh with lime juice.
Key ingredients: cucumber, limeCool mix of mango, onion, and coconut.
Key ingredients: mango, coconutDesserts and sweets
Sweet baked pudding with coconut cream.
Key ingredients: cassava, coconut creamSteamed pudding of cassava and coconut.
Key ingredients: cassava, coconut, sugarCoconut cream cake.
Key ingredients: coconut cream, flour
Sweet syrup dumplings from Indo-Fijian kitchens.
Key ingredients: milk powder, syrupFull guide →
Milk-based sweet.
Key ingredients: milk, sugarDrinks
A mildly numbing, root drink shared at gatherings.
Key ingredients: kava root, waterFresh young coconut.
Key ingredients: young coconutSpiced tea.
Key ingredients: tea, spicesFresh pineapple or guava.
Key ingredients: pineapple, guavaFruits and produce
Staple for milk, cream, and water.
Key ingredients: milk, waterFull guide →
Sweet and juicy.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Fresh with lime.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Sweet in season.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Fragrant fruit.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Boiled or roasted.
Key ingredients: roastedFull guide →
Many varieties.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →Starchy root staple.
Key ingredients: boiled, in curriesDish guides from Fiji
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
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- Samosas, snack food at Wikipedia's 16th Birthday celebration in Chittagong (01): Moheen Reeyad, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Onion pakora - a: Babu iyer, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 3 types of lentil: User:Justinc, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
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- Almond Khoa based burfi Mumbai India (cropped): Jay del Corro, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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- Cocos nucifera - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-187: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- കൈതച്ചക്ക: Suniltg at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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- Mangos - single and halved: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Guava pink fruit: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Artocarpus altilis (fruit): Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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