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Solomon Islands Fish in Coconut Milk

Name: Solomon Islands Fish in Coconut Milk
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Solomon Islands
Ingredients: 4 fillets White Fish Fillet; 400ml Coconut milk; 1 Onion; 1 knob Ginger; 1 Chili pepper; 1 Tomato; 1 tsp Salt

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Fresh fish simmered with coconut milk and ginger — a seaside dish of the Solomon Islands.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

In the Solomon Islands, made up of over 900 islands, many people live by the sea and eat fish almost daily. Simmering the catch with coconut milk, ginger, and onion is a home staple, eaten with rice or root vegetables.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a seaside village in the Solomon Islands, fish is taken from a fisherman back by dugout canoe and simmered with coconut milk in a pot at home.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

White Fish Fillet 4 fillets
Coconut milk 400ml
Onion 1
Ginger 1 knob
Chili pepper 1
Tomato 1
Salt 1 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Salt the fish and let stand 10 minutes.
Warm the coconut milk, sliced onion and ginger, and chili in a pot.
Add the fish and simmer on low for 10 minutes.
Add the diced tomato and simmer 3 minutes.
Season with salt.

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