Marinated Raw Fish in Coconut Cream ( Samoan Dish )

Submitted by Gorona Filo

"Marinated Raw Fish In Coconut Cream, is one of a kind in Samoa, well if you like raw fish with it's rich taste of coconut milk, then you'll like this.:) enjoy."

 

• Ready In: 3hrs 10mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 500 g white fish fillets
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup lemon juice
• 1⁄2 lemon, sliced
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 400 ml coconut cream, if it's not too rich or 1/2 cup coconut cream, if it's rich

directions

1. Cut fish into cubed pieces.
2. Sprinkle with salt then lemon juice.
3. Cover and chill for 2 hours or overnight or until fish whitens, stirring occasionally.
4. Put in onion, coconut cream, tomatoes and cucumber, and garnish with 1/2 lemon slices.
5. Serve chilled.

Reviews

[Fayz810]

Yum! This is my favourite way of having marinated fish. I like to add some grated lemon rind in as well. Thanks for sharing :)

 

[HangiMonster]

I absolutely love this recipe, but have a couple of variations that i like to use. Instead of just lemon or lime i like to use even amounts of both, this gives the added acidity of the lemon, and the subtle flavour of the lime. I prefer to "cook" the fish in the lemon/lime mix for a minimal amount of time, normally around 20mins, but maximum of an hour, before draining 3/4 of the juice and adding the coconut milk. Instead of onion i like to use thinly sliced spring onion, i also like to add diced yellow capsicum to the seeded tomatoes and cucumber. Depending on my mood i sometimes use the lite coconut milk, because the full fat stuff is really high in saturated fats, nicer, but really bad for you.

 

[kiwileese]

This is wonderful just like my Mum used to make. perfect for a summer BBQ where you need to bring a salad

 

[Dean B.]

Where is the tomato and cucumber in the pic?...I use any white fish...capsicum (3 colours)...celery..spring onion and some freshly chopped parsley

 

[threeovens]

I cannot you how much I liked this dish. I think it must be a nature vs. nurture type of thing because I was not raised on food like this, but I was born in Hawaii! I used lime juice and let it marinate in the refrigerator overnight. The harmony and contrast between the coconut cream, onions, and fish was groovy. I loved the texture of the fish as well. I used swai fillet (bass).