Otai
'otai
ʻotai is a drink which originated in western polynesia and is usually made as a refreshing accompaniment to large meals. today, the beverage is most associated with tongan cuisine, although similar versions of 'otai were made and enjoyed in other archipelagoes, including uvea, samoa, futuna, tokelau, tuvalu, and niue. the original samoan version as recorded by european colonists in the 1890s was made by mixing grated ambarella fruit (called vi in samoan language and tongan, wi in hawaiian language) and young coconut meat with coconut milk and coconut water. the mixture was poured into large, empty coconut shells corked with coconut husk and allowed to chill in cold pools of water (or behi...
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