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Faraoa 'ipo

Faraoa ʻipo is a type of ball bread made in the Tuamotu archipelago of French Polynesia. The bread is made from flour leavened with yeast, with coconut, coconut milk, sugar and salt added. The dough is then shaped into a ball and cooked in coconut water.

It can also be cooked in a ahima'a (earth oven), wrapped in banana leaves.

Faraoa means bread in the local language, coming from farine (flour). There are many varieties of bread in Polynesia, mainly made from coconut:

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