'Ota Ika is a Polynesian recipe for raw marinated fish in coconut milk.
Servings: 6
Ingredients:
1 kilogram fresh fish fillets
5 lemons, juiced
onion or spring onions, chopped
1 cucumber, diced
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 red pepper, sliced (green or yellow peppers work well too)
1 1/2 cups of coconut cream
1 cup water
1 pinch ground black pepper
Salt to taste
Procedure:
Rinse the fish and cut into cubes.
Place the boneless meat in a clean bowl.
Cut the lemons and squeeze the juice all over the fish, making sure that the meat is well soaked in lemon juice.
Cover the bowl and leave to marinate for at least 2 hours.
Drain of the lemon juice and place all cubes in a clean bowl, chop the onion, tomato, cucumber, green pepper and the lettuce and add to the fish. Add the coconut cream and water also to the bowl of mixed veges and fish cubes.
sprinkle with pepper and salt and mix well.
Transfer to a serving bowl.
cover and chill before serving.
Serve with cooked green bananas, taro, yams or sweet potatoes.
Enjoy the taste of the Pacific 'Ota Ika.