How To Make A Hangi

How To Make A Hangi

A Hangi is a Traditional Maori earth oven. To cook a Hangi it takes 3 to 5 hours to cook. You can also make this dish on special occasions like Celebrating birthdays or a Christmas dinner.

Firstly, stack up the woods and burn the stack of wood so it can heat up the iron which helps the food cook. Then say a karakia to bless the environment, people, and the food. You need to use volcanic rocks because if you use normal rocks it’ll explode.

After burning the wood, dig up a hole which can fit the basket that has the food in it and transfer the iron or volcanic rocks into the pit. The iron will be placed at the very bottom. Put the wet cabbage leaves to create the steam. Put the basket filled with stuffing, chicken, pork, beef, and vegetables into the pit.

Then place the wet sacs onto the side of the pit so that the dirt won’t fall in. Put the tarpaulin on top of the food. Cover the tarpaulin with dirt so that the steam won’t come out. Wait about 3 to 5 hours until the food gets cooked.

After waiting for 3 to 5 hours remove the dirt, tarpaulin and wet sacs. Then carefully take out the basket filled with foods. This shows how the Maori people cook Hangi. A Hangi is usually prepared by  woman and the men cooks.

Today for writing we wrote about how to make a Hangi. This writing explains on how to make a Hangi step by step. We first watch a video explaining how to make a Hangi. I learnt a lot from doing this. I learnt that woman prepares  the Hangi and the men cooks the Hangi. I really enjoyed doing this writing.