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Marshallese Raw Tuna in Coconut Milk

Name: Marshallese Raw Tuna in Coconut Milk
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Marshall Islands
Ingredients: 300g Tuna (sashimi-grade); 4 tbsp Lime juice; 150ml Coconut milk; 1/4 Onion; 1/2 Cucumber; 1 Tomato; 1/2 Chili pepper; 1/2 tsp Salt

Main Dish

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Raw tuna cured with lime and tossed in coconut milk — an island dish of the Marshall Islands.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

In the Marshall Islands, a nation of Pacific atolls, there's a custom of eating freshly caught fish raw. Tuna or similar is diced, cured with lime, and tossed in coconut milk with onion and cucumber. It's a refreshing island staple even on hot days.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On an atoll beach in the Marshall Islands, fresh tuna is diced and tossed with coconut milk in coconut-shell bowls.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Tuna (sashimi-grade) 300g
Lime juice 4 tbsp
Coconut milk 150ml
Onion 1/4
Cucumber 1/2
Tomato 1
Chili pepper 1/2
Salt 1/2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the tuna into 1.5cm cubes, toss with lime juice and salt, and leave in the fridge for 15 minutes.
Slice the onion, dice the cucumber and tomato, and finely chop the chili.
Lightly drain the tuna.
Add the vegetables and coconut milk and toss.
Serve chilled.

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