Potatoes

Batata Mash

Kiribati

Dense vegetable puree made from sweet potatoes (batata/kumara), boiled in coconut milk, mashed with coconut cream, sea salt, and sometimes te karewe (coconut sap); one of the dishes TasteAtlas lists for Kiribati; a simple side dish that combines sweet potato with coconut; a comforting everyday food.

Batata Mash sticker illustration

Original eatfuls sticker artwork

What it is

A closer look at Batata Mash.

Dense vegetable puree made from sweet potatoes (batata/kumara), boiled in coconut milk, mashed with coconut cream, sea salt, and sometimes te karewe (coconut sap); one of the dishes TasteAtlas lists for Kiribati; a simple side dish that combines sweet potato with coconut; a comforting everyday food.

What to look for

Know it when you find it.

A dense, smooth, orange-colored mash; the sweet potato is boiled in coconut milk and mashed with coconut cream; the flavor is sweet and rich with a coconut undertone; one of the TasteAtlas-listed dishes; a simple side dish; a comforting everyday food.

Where it belongs

Origins and
traditions.

Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Batata Mash.

Native to

Kiribati

Country-wide tradition

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Names around the table

One food, more than one name.

Batata Mashprimary
Batata Mashlocal · 🇰🇮
Kiribati Sweet Potato Mashalias

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