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Sua I'a

Name: Sua I'a
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Samoa
Ingredients: 400g White Fish Fillet; 400ml Coconut milk; 1 Onion; 1 knob Ginger; 3 Green Onion; 300ml Water; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Soup

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Fish simmered with coconut milk, ginger, and green onion — a gentle Samoan fish soup.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Sua i'a is a Samoan home fish soup: white fish is simmered with coconut milk, onion, ginger, and green onion. Simple yet gently combining the fish's flavor with coconut's sweetness, it's sometimes made when feeling unwell or after childbirth, and eaten with rice or taro.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a seaside Samoan home, white soup made with the morning's catch is ladled into bowls and set on the table with taro.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

White Fish Fillet 400g
Coconut milk 400ml
Onion 1
Ginger 1 knob
Green Onion 3
Water 300ml
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the fish into large bite-size pieces and salt.
Simmer water, sliced onion, and julienned ginger in a pot for 5 minutes.
Add the coconut milk to warm and add the fish.
Simmer gently on low for 8 minutes so it doesn't break up.
Season with salt and pepper and scatter with chopped green onion.

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