Making 'ulu poi with 'Anakala Isaiah Kealoha

'Anakala Isaiah Kealoha, originally from Kalapana, Puna, Hawai'i Island, shares his love of 'ulu (breadfruit) and demonstrates the traditional method of pounding it into a thick, stretchy paste called pa'i 'ai. With the addition of water, the pa'i 'ai is turned into poi, a traditional food of Hawaiians. 'Anakala shares the traditional techniques of pounding 'ulu with the beauty of his native Hawaiian language. Translation is done by Pa'ani Armstrong.

[@1978LAKA]

Hiki NO! Anakala will teach this to many generations to come because of this video. mahalo.

[@faanengaaw7357]

We also prepare our food the same way here in micronesia. The pounded breadfruit is called kon, the fermented one is called öpwöt, taro is pounded also called puna. The pounder we call it PO.

[@cpeseta]

'Aue 'Alohaloha e ku'u uncle! E kakou kupuna! E kakou kahuna pa'iai! MAHALO NUI LOA I KOU 'ALOHA!!! My heart cries with joy to know my babies will know our ways, mahalo uncle, God bless you and all our people!

[@doloinc]

This is my grand-uncle; small world.

[@SamKapoi]

E OLA e KŪ! Mahalo e ʻAnakala Isaiah. Nui ke aloha no kou ʻike kūpuna.

[@DB-oj7qf]

👌i like how he uses an opihi shell to scrape it 😂 👍

[@kekoadavidson581]

What’s that board called? I want to make one and I am also looking for trees that would work from the Portland Or area.

[@koakahipedro8662]

Papa ku'i 'ai

[@celebritypredictions]

I've tried this before, but I prefer Kalo. Thanks for this...

[@glynnakina6841]

I love Ulu poi.

[@jenjend1521]

Made 'ulu poi for the first time the other night. Actually, its still in pa'i 'ai stage. I let it and the kalo pa'i 'ai sit out yesterday to sour little bit. Later tonight, going to mix those into poi for dinner. The 'ulu pa'i 'ai is ono as is. I can't wait to eat it as poi and have my family try it as well.

[@JohnS-gf4sz]

Howzit, so wat, how was the ulu? Planning to plant n upu tree in my yard, mahalo!

[@jenjend1521]

@@JohnS-gf4sz its ono when made into poi! Not a lot of people will be familiar with it, so when you bus' it out, people eyeing um like 'whoa, what's that??' But she go!

[@kristycopp447]

I luv ulupoi

[@aaronsibayan138]

I like watching

[@sophiasimona6708]

yum food

[@DG123z]

How do you make that masher?

[@juukezebarbie7903]

certain places like pacific markets sell the pounders but the breadfruit pounder is different from the taro pounder

[@deoccupyhawaii6268]

Translation is rough

[@sharkeisha2225]

Is he a native Hawaiian ?

[@omggiiirl2077]

Yes he's Kanaka maoli, he even speaks fluent Hawaiian.

[@spiggyguy]

Just to say, but the marquesas also was where the ʻUlu poi originated from

[@MaluluKeleGuiSila]

Makes sense because Samoans don't eat poi. It looks unhygienic during preparation. Like the host said, "it looks messy".

[@50thstateofmind37]

Luke McCalister Luke McCalister so messy means "unhygienic". So cleaning the guts out of an animal before you eat it is "unhygienic"?I think the word "messy" gets lost in translation. He said so it doesn't "look messy".that just proves how sanitary they were.

[@omggiiirl2077]

Temau Wolff I learned poi is eaten in micronesia as well, it's called kon. And West African people basically eat pa'i 'ai, they make it out of yams, kalo, plantain, and a few other starches, they call it fufu.

[@omggiiirl2077]

Hehehe fufu....😉

[@spiggyguy]

Hey Stopthat Yup, I heard dat too. Tahiti and Eastern Polynesia ate eat poi too. Hawaiʻi tourism gotta stop advertising poi as only Hawaiian fo make em seem mo special.