Tongan food - what we have found out!

We have been learning about food in Tonga.

Tongan people eat a lot of food that comes from the sea because it is an island and there is water all around it. These are the sea foods they eat…

crab, shellfish, octopus, squid, ika – fish

Tongan people grow a lot of fruit and vegetables. They are fruits that like the hot climate in Tonga. These are the fruits and vegetables they eat....

mei breadfruit, green bananas, watermelon, pumpkin, mango, pineapple, siaine – bananas, talo – taro, pateta – potato, lesi – pawpaw, niu - coconut

Meat is important in Tonga. These are the meats eaten in Tonga.....

poaka – pig, bulu – beef, hoose –horse, pulu - beef

People drink coconut milk and use it for cooking.

Men cook the umu, catch the fish, cook the spit roast and look after the farm.

Women do the rest of the cooking and make the coconut cream.

Children gather the shellfish.

People buy food at the market, go fishing, hunt or grow their food on the farm.