Pureed garlic, onions and cilantro are flavor pastele stew. Dee, who is of Hawaiian-Chinese descent, learned the family recipe from her mother-in-law. “It’s not complicated at all,” she said. “It just ...

Pastele Stew 2 pounds pork belly, cut into bite size pieces 3 pounds pork butt, cut into bite size pieces 5 cloves garlic, minced 2 medium onions, diced 3 stalks celery, diced 1 bunch cilantro ...

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KAIMU, Hawaii — In 1990, this Big Island village south of Hilo got famous when the Kilauea volcano buried most of it beneath more than 50 feet of lava. What remains of the community where the road ...