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HAWAIIAN: Hawaii Food Glossary




Source of Recipe


Christoph D Dürmüller


List of Ingredients




'Ahi: Bigeye, yellowfin or albacore tuna

Aku: Skipjack tuna

Akule: Scad mackerel

A'u: Marlin

Butterfish: Black cod

Crack seed: A popular local snack of preserved fruits, such as rock salt plum or dried mango

Ehu: Short-tailed red snapper

Hapu'upu'u: Grouper or sea bass

Haupia: Coconut pudding, traditionally made with pia, Polynesian arrowroot, instead of cornstarch

Hibachi: A small Japanese outdoor grill, commonly used in Hawaii

Imu: A traditional underground pit oven, lined with rocks and ti leaves (or banana leaves), for cooking meats such as chicken and pig 'Inamona: Roasted, ground and salted kukui nuts

Kalo: Taro, a starchy and nutritious tuber, commonly used to make poi

Kalua: Traditional method of cooking food in an imu

Kukui nut: Nuts from the candlenut tree

Laulau: Pork, beef, salted fish or taro leaves wrapped in ti leaves and cooked in an imu or steamed

Lawalu: Fish or meat wrapped in ti leaves for cooking
Liliko'i: Passion fruit

Limu: Seaweed; limu kohu, a soft, reddish-brown variety, is prized for its succulent flavor
Loco moco: A plate lunch featuring a fried hamburger patty and a couple of fried eggs stacked on white rice and topped with brown gravy

Lomi or lomilomi: To massage, knead or rub; lomi salmon is a popular lu'au dish

Lu'au: Taro leaves, often baked with coconut cream and chicken or octopus; the word eventually came to mean a Hawaiian feast, which is also known as 'aha'aina or pa'ina

Mahimahi: Dolphinfish or dorado; not related to the mammal dolphin

Manapua: Chinese bun filled with shredded barbecue pork; also known as mea 'ono pua'a

Moi: Pacific threadfin

Monchong: Also called big scale or sickle pomfret, because of its large scales and the shape of its fins

Nori: Paper-thin sheets of seasoned, dried seaweed

Ogo: A type of seaweed commonly used in poke and to flavor seafood dishes

Ono: Wahoo or large mackerel

'Ono: Delicious

Onaga: Long-tailed red snapper; also known as 'ula'ula

Opah: Moonfish

'Opakapaka: Pink snapper

'Opihi: Limpets, a prized delicacy

Pipikaula: Salted and dried beef

Plate lunch: A popular lunch option featuring two scoops of white rice, macaroni salad and a local-style meat or seafood dish

Poha berries: Cape gooseberries or ground cherries

Pohole: Fiddlehead fern

Poi: Mashed, cooked taro

Poke: A dish of sliced raw fish or seafood, seaweed, Hawaiian salt and chile peppers

Pulehu: To broil or barbecue

Pupu: Finger food; island-style appetizer

Saimin: Japanese noodle soup

Shave Ice: A popular local treat featuring shaved ice in a paper cone and flavored with colored fruit syrup

Shoyu: commonly used Japanese word for soy sauce

Shutome: Broadbill swordfish

Tako: Octopus

Ti leaves: Leaves of a Polynesian plant, used for cooking and decorative purposes

Uku: Gray snapper

'Ulu: Breadfruit

Ulua: Jack or jackfish, or Florida pompano

Wana: Sea urchin

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