Cooking Samoan Umu

Umu has been around for as long as Samoan people have lived on these islands – more than 3,000 years.
It contains meats such as chicken or pork, seafood including different types of fish or octopus placed in half coconut shell ‘bowls’ with coconut cream, a variety of vegetables and fruit like talo (taro), ulu (breadfruit) and unripe bananas (fa’i).