Kokoda (Fish marinated with coconut)

                                                                         Receta en Español

This is the most popular dish at Fiji Islands, it is a fish marinated  in lime or lemon.

When you look in a map, you can see that other countries at the Pacific ocean have similar dishes; from Alaska to Peru with its famous 'ceviche'.

At Fiji Islands they use a fish called Mahi-Mahi, it is ideal to marinate, it is a white fish without thorns.
Mahi-mahi can also be found in Spain!, We name it lampuga, it is typical from  islas Baleares, Valencia and Alicante , it is a seasonal fish (summer-autumm) very limited.
If you come from those regions of Spain try to make this dish using that fish.
Otherwise you can use cod or mackerel.

The dish can be eaten as a starter or a main dish. 

Ingredients (4 people):

• 1 mackerel or cod.
• Juice of 4 or 5 lemons or limes.
• 240 ml coconut cream.
• 8 tablespoon of finely chopped shallots.
• 8 tablespoon of finely chopped red pepper.
• 8 tablespoon of finely chopped green pepper.
• 8 tablespoon of a cucumber cut into chunks.
• 8 teaspoons of finely cut chilies.
• 8 tablespoon of finely chopped onion.
• 8 teaspoons coriander.
• 8 tablespoon of a tomato cut into chunks.
• salt and pepper.

Method:

1. Freeze fish to prevent any problem with anisakis.
2. Days after the freezing you can use the fish, defrost it , remove the skin and the thorns.
3. Cut fish into little pieces.
4. Put the fish in a non-plastic container, cover the fish with the lime juice. Cover with cling film and let cool in the fridge overnight. This way the fish will be cooked in lime.
5. Look at the pictures to see the difference before and after:

          

Before marinated

Marinated

     6.  Take 1/4 of the fish and place it in a bowl, mix it with 1/4 of the coconut cream.

     7.  Add 1/4 of each ingredient and stir.

     8.  Do the same with 3 other bowls.

     9.  Refrigerate until you are going to serve it.

Where to find the ingredients:

Coconut cream is a kind of thick coconut milk, you can buy it liquid or powder, I bought powder to make the cream as thick as I wanted.
I bought coconut cream at desi gourmet   (Ricardo Ortiz 24, Madrid).

You can also buy it on the internet:

coconut cream



Fidji Islands

Alu Bhindi (Okra and potatos curry)

                                                                        Receta en Español

In Fiji Islands, almost half of the inhabitants have their origin from India. They reached the islands in 1879 to work like slaves at sugar plantations. When slavery was abolished ,most of them decided to remain in the islands, its descendants have reached a prosperous life with influence into the culture of the islands. Because of that reason, a lot of typical dishes from these islands are from India's gastronomy.

Alu Bhindi (Bhindi is how okra is called in hindi) is a dish very famous in India, I present to you the way they prepare it at Fiji Islands.

Ingredients (For 4 people):

• 325 g okra.
• 470 g potatos.
• 1/2 tablespoon cumin seeds.
• 1/2 tablespoon mustard seeds.
• 1/2 chopped onion .
• 3 chopped garlic cloves.
• 6 curry leaves.
• 1 chopped chili.
• Olive oil.
• Salt.

 Method:

1.  Heat oil in a big saucepan.

2.  Put onion, galic, mustard seeds and curry leaves into the saucepan and sautée until garlic is brown.

3. Add potatos cut in pieces and fry them a little.

4. Add okra cut in pieces:

5. Add chili and salt.

6. Cook on a low heat covered for 40 minutes, stir every 5 minutes.

7. Serve with pita bread.

Where to find the ingredients:

Okra can be bought in Lavapies, there are a lot of shops along Miguel Servet street.

I bought Mustard seeds and curry leaves in shop where you can find all kind of indian products:  desi gourmet   (Ricardo Ortiz 24, Madrid).



Fidji Islands

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