Food of Niue

Niuean food comes from the sea and a small, coral island garden: fish, coconut crab, taro, cassava, bananas, and coconut cream. Root crops are baked in earth ovens and served with fish or pork, and sweet coconut puddings are common.

National dish

Takihi

Taro or papaya layered with coconut cream and baked.

Staples

  • taro, cassava, banana, coconut, fish, pork

Signature flavors

  • coconut cream, lime, salt

Main dishes

Takihi

Taro or papaya layered with coconut cream and baked.

Key ingredients: taro, papaya, coconut cream
Uga
Uga

Coconut crab, a prized delicacy.

Key ingredients: crab, coconut milk
Fish in coconut cream

Fresh fish.

Key ingredients: fish, coconut cream
Baked taro
Baked taro

With coconut cream.

Key ingredients: taro
Chicken and rice

Everyday.

Key ingredients: chicken, rice

Breakfast

Banana pancakes

Sweet.

Key ingredients: banana, flour
Cassava
Cassava

Boiled.

Key ingredients: cassava

Desserts and sweets

Takihi pudding

Baked fruit and coconut.

Key ingredients: papaya, coconut
Coconut cake

Soft.

Key ingredients: coconut, flour

Drinks

Coconut water

Fresh.

Key ingredients: young coconut
Tropical juice

Passion fruit.

Key ingredients: passion fruit

Fruits and produce

Coconut
Coconut

Staple.

Key ingredients: milkFull guide →
Banana
Banana

Many kinds.

Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Papaya
Papaya

Sweet.

Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Taro
Taro

Root crop.

Key ingredients: baked

Dish guides from Niue

Banana
BananaFruits
Coconut
CoconutFruits
Papaya
PapayaFruits
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About this page

Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.

Photo credits
  • Coconut Crab Birgus latro: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Songe-Réunion: No machine-readable author provided. Thierry Caro assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Manihot esculenta - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-090: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhlers Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Cocos nucifera - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-187: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
  • 14-QWSTION-BANANATEX-STRIPPING-LAUSCHSICHT: BANANATEX, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Carica papaya - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-029: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)