Faraoa 'ipo facts for kids

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Faraoa ʻipo

Faraoa ʻipo
Type	Bread
Place of origin	French Polynesia
Region or state	Tuamotu
Serving temperature	Hot or room temperature
Main ingredients	Flour, coconut milk, baker's yeast, coconut water

Faraoa ʻipo is a special type of round bread. It comes from the Tuamotu archipelago in French Polynesia. This bread is made using flour and baker's yeast, which makes it light and fluffy.

Other ingredients like coconut milk, sugar, and salt are added to the dough. After mixing, the dough is shaped into a ball. Then, it is cooked in coconut water. Sometimes, it's even cooked in a special underground oven called an ahima'a. When cooked this way, it's often wrapped in banana leaves.

Different Kinds of Faraoa

The word Faraoa means bread in the local language. It comes from the French word farine, which means flour. In Polynesia, people make many kinds of bread, especially using coconut. Here are a few examples:

• Faraoa uto: This bread is made with flour mixed with crushed uto. Uto is the soft sprout found inside a germinating coconut.
• Faraoa omoto: This type of bread uses flour mixed with omoto. Omoto is another word for coconut.
• Faraoa 'eu: This is a sweet kind of bread.
• Faraoa farai pani: This is a type of pancake.
• Faraoa ha'ari: This bread is made with coconut milk.
• Faraoa hopue: This is another general type of bread.
• Faraoa mamahu: This is a sweet bread that is cooked inside banana leaves.
• Faraoa mape: These are balls of flour mixed with coconut water and then baked.

See also

In Spanish: Faraoa 'ipo para niños