Indigenous Cuisine
witchetty grubs ready for eatingRecently restaurants have made greater use of indigenous foods, for example kangaroos and emus are farmed commercially for their meat, which is low in fat and high in fibre.
Less well-known ingredients being used by chefs include: lemon aspen, Illawarra plumbs, muntari berries, lemon myrtle, lilli pillies and bush tomatoes.
Bush Tucker
Aboriginal food that has yet to become widespread in restaurants includes witchetty grubs (which are very rich in protein) and Bogong moths (these are roasted in a fire and eaten like a peanut).