Boil up is a traditional Maori food from Aotearoa NZ. It is a broth/soup made from meat, bones, greens and starchy vegetables boiled together in a pot. It can also contain doughboys which are flour dumplings made up of simply flour and water.

Ingredients: -
2 kg meaty bacon bones or pork bones
2 med potatoes, peel & slice into chunks
2 med kumara, peel & slice into chunks
½ kamokamo, peel & slice into chunks
1-2 good bunches of puha or watercress, thoroughly cleaned & chopped,
1 Tbsp salt
Doughboys: -
1½ cups self-raising flour
1 cup high grade flour
1 tsp salt
Flour for rolling
METHOD: -
Bring 2 litres of water to the boil in a large pot. Add the salt, (no salt if using bacon bones)
Add the bones, cover and simmer for 1½ hours. Top up with water if it gets too low.
For the doughboys, mix the 2 flours and salt with 1 cup warm water to form a soft dough. Divide and shape into 8 balls. 
Cover until needed.
Add the potato, kumara and kamokamo to the pot and continue cooking gently for 10 mins.
Add the watercress and doughboys to the pot.
Boil gently with the lid on for 8–10 mins, until the doughboys are big and fluffy. 

Serve hot with Rewena bread.