New Caledonia
Bougna
The emblematic Kanak dish and national dish of New Caledonia; root vegetables (taro, yam, sweet potato), banana, and chicken, fish, or lobster wrapped in banana leaves with coconut milk; slow-cooked in an underground stone oven with red-hot rocks for about two hours; the word bougna comes from the Drehu word 'puhnya' meaning 'bundle'; served at Kanak festivals; a TasteAtlas-listed listed preparati
