Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Oka, Kokoda, Ceviche

In the South Pacific, many of the islands have a traditional food which is fish marinated in lime juice and coconut milk.  Add in chopped tomatos and onions with some seasoning (corriander seems to be popular) and you have a delicious meal.
We are in Samoa now and this is their version, called Oka.  It's served here with taro chips on the side.  This is absolutely delicious!
We were in Fiji last week and their version is called Kokoda.  Here is an example:
You can make this at home easily.  Ingredients include fresh fish (tuna, snapper, mahi mahi or other firm white fish), lime juice, coconut milk, cucumber, tomatoes and onions with some corriander or cumin and maybe a little hot pepper.  Marinate the fish in lime juice for a few hours then add coconut milk and the other ingredients.