Today I have been working on how to make a Hangi.
HANGI
What is a Hungi?
a pit in which food is cooked on heated stones.
the food cooked in a hangi.
a meal or gathering at which food is cooked in a hangi and served.
A Hungi is a feast for a maori traditional celebration.
They celebrate matariki and when they have a hungi they will normally wait for it.
List 2 other cultures that cook food in the ground?
Maori Hangi
Samoans potato
Tongans beef
How to make a hangi?
Dig a hangi pit
Stack wood and iron or large stones inside hangi pit
Light fire burn for 3 hours - 3 and a half hours.
When wood is burnt to embers remove all contents from hangi pit.
Placing back into the hangi pit the red hot iron or stones.
Putting hangi baskets on top of irons or stones
Spread cabbage leaves over hangi baskets
Cover with wet sacks.
Shovel on dirt on top of sacks to stop steam escaping
Seal tightly
wait for cooking to finish 3 hours - 3 and a half hours.
What foods are often cooked in a hangi?
Pig
Potatoes
Chicken
Fish
Kumara
Pork
Lamb
Stuffing
Pretty pictures
On Friday last week it was Matariki day and it was the celebration of learning. In the morning we went outside to go see the hangi it was a big square and it was 1 meter deep. We put down a hangi for the celebration of Matariki day. The most challenging bit about it was digging the pit. When we went outside Matua Sunny's brother told us how long it needed to burn and how long it takes to cook the hangi. The girls were in the hall pealing potato's and some boy's were helping with the pit.
