Anyone know the Samoan recipe for Coconut buns/pani popo?

Question

My sisters pregnant & craving it bad.

Figure Id help the witch out. lol. jk.

Any Ideas?

Thanks. :)

Answer 1

PANI POPO (COCONUT BUNS)

9 cups flour, divided use

3 3/4 teaspoons active dry yeast

3 1/2 cups milk

1/4 cup butter

1/3 cup sugar

2 1/4 teaspoons salt

You'll need two 8 1/2-inch-by-11-inch baking pans for this recipe.

Set aside 3 cups of flour. Mix 6 cups flour and yeast. Heat milk, butter, sugar and salt until warm and butter is just melting (about 120 degrees). Add this to the flour and yeast mixture. Mix for 30 seconds on low speed; then mix for 3 minutes on high speed.

With wooden spoon, add the rest of the flour; knead for 6 to 8 minutes. Place dough in a large greased bowl; flip once to grease both sides of dough. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour.

Coconut Buns (Pani popo)

1 quantity of dough (from recipe above)

1 can (440 - 500 mls) coconut cream ( I use lite, it doesn't change the taste)

1 C white sugar

stir the sugar into the coconut cream, set aside for now.

Make the dough into rolls as described in the previous recipe, brush the dough with some of the coconut syrup before rolling up, but not much, cut into buns.

Place the buns in a greased roasting pan (alternatively place them in foil pans, 6 to a pan). Leave to rise while the oven heats,when risen, pour the syrup over the buns, it should come up the sides by at least a centimetre, you can make more syrup if you like, as long as the buns are no more than 1/3 submerged, bake until golden - open the oven twice during cooking to baste with the coconut syrup.

The syrup becomes gelatinous as it cools, absolutely delicious.

Serve warm if possible and should be eaten on the day they are made (can be re-heated i n the microwave)

enjoy!

Answer 2

They sound delicious:

http://www.utopiahawaii.com/Recipe%20for...

Answer 3

e so'oga faia lou sister! lol that's funny! No a big fan of pagipopo but my sisters are crazy about it too! hahaha take care and please feed the ko she's very hormonal so watch out you might get fuki slammed hahaha take care and congrats to your sister!

Answer 4

Dang you made me really want to hit up the Samoan/Tongan spot on my way home just now!!