Hawaiian Poi Recipe Using A Stand Mixer | How To Eat Hawaiian Taro Poi

Poi is the staple food in Hawaii made out of pounded taro and water, then fermented. Poi is an ancient tradition in Hawaii and is typically made by using a carved basalt pestle (pōhaku ku‘i ‘ai) to pound the taro on a wooden pounding board (papa ku‘i ‘ai).

There's two types of poi:
1. fresh poi, aka "sweet poi", which hasn't been fermented, and
2. sour poi, which has been fermented for a few days.

In this video, we make fresh Hawaiian poi using only two ingredients: taro root and water.

You may use a blender, food processor, or stand mixer to make Hawaiian poi in your kitchen (I know, it's not traditional...but it does the job!).

Making Hawaiian poi in a blender or food processor is WAY faster, but I enjoyed simulating a "pounding" process using the KitchenAid stand mixer!

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∵ Ingredients ∵
6-7 taro root (about 1 1/2 lbs)
2 1/4 cups water

*The amount of water you add to your poi depends on how thick you want your poi to be! Use these measurements as a loose guide.

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[FaithfulPracticalHomesteading]

I'm in Georgia and while walking in our creek yesterday, I discovered a massive taro root (15" long) that had been washed from upstream caught with some driftwood. What a find! To my knowledge, we don't have any elephant ear on our property. But after all our recent storms, who knows how far it traveled? 😉
I am now perusing YouTube for what to do with it! Thank you for this video... I feel confident cooking the taro now! 😊

[keahi]

So I did this, in Utah, and did it before this video. I had never seen white poi before, always the purple in Hawaii. I guess this taro at the store is from Mexico and not the Hawai'i type. Second, I could not make the poi I made turn sour, even after leaving it out for four days. I could not get past the unsour, and the color, although the texture was fine. Any suggestions?

[spiltsoymilk]

"Here's water that I boiled in a kettle BECAREFUL!!" 😆😆😆😂😂😂

[natevasquez]

I just got done using your method and it turned out white is it safe to eat

[SunnyIlha]

Good with crispy bacon.

That meat on that poi bowl plate looks good! With poi.

[tabandken]

So what does this white poi taste like compared to purple poi?

[MrsCNatividad]

What type of taro did you use? It seems very light compared to the poi I'm used to (but still looks delicious). I like my poi with squid luau and kalua pig, or with shoyu poke 😋😋. I even eat it like a dessert with a bit of milk and sugar 😅😬

[anelablanchard]

That does NOT look like poi I'm sorry . I like aged poi, it has to sit for a couple of weeks because I don't like sweet stuff.

[unbroken]

How you truly know when the toxic chemical has truly been cooked out?

[jerryakamuadams]

were da pohaku stay? how else u gonna pound em

[pamelaislam]

From my experience arrow roots are hard to know if cooked enough. Undercooks are dangerous to eat. After about half an hour you will feel needles stuck in your throat, and in my case my kidneys hurt for three days. If u survived then try cooking the taros until char mark or burn mark start to appear. Let it cool on that char, dont add water. If it peels easy, then it is cooked. Should be warned not to eat undercooked.

[twentycharlie]

Why TF is your “poi” like pancake batter?