Basically Ika Mata is raw tuna marinated in coconut cream, lime juice and some vegetables. You will find different versions of the same plate in all the pacific.
For me being a latin the master of all raw fish dishes in the Peruvian ceviche (or cebiche, not even peruvians agree about it). In this version of Ika Mata I add some of those flavors and copy a little bit the way that cevicherias do their ceviche in the beach with fresh sea bass, prawns or octopus, just remember those days with chela (beer) and a joint all day and eating the most wonderful cheap food you can have makes me happy.
Also raw fish and seafood is well known as a very effective treatment for hangovers.
All right so here it goes
For 4 hungry or hangover friends
800 gr of fresh tuna diced in 1x1cm
1/2 cucumber seedless & diced
1 tomato diced
1 small red onion in very fine dices
1 tsp of fresh grated ginger
Tabasco to taste
1 can of coconut cream
coriander
the juice of 7 or 8 limes
fresh coriander leaves
In a bowl mix the fish, coconut cream, lime juice, salt, pepper, Tabasco, ginger.
Now you are going to put all your diced veggies and coriander on top but you are not going to mix the with the fish, and I repeat DO NOT MIX with the fish. By this your vegetables will be nice and crispy and you will have a lot of different flavors going around at the same time.
Chill the ika mata for about 2 hours, now mix everything and serve, it goes very nice with some melba toasts or some salad and slices of boiled sweet potato and of course some ice chilled beers.
Enjoy
For me being a latin the master of all raw fish dishes in the Peruvian ceviche (or cebiche, not even peruvians agree about it). In this version of Ika Mata I add some of those flavors and copy a little bit the way that cevicherias do their ceviche in the beach with fresh sea bass, prawns or octopus, just remember those days with chela (beer) and a joint all day and eating the most wonderful cheap food you can have makes me happy.
Also raw fish and seafood is well known as a very effective treatment for hangovers.
All right so here it goes
For 4 hungry or hangover friends
800 gr of fresh tuna diced in 1x1cm
1/2 cucumber seedless & diced
1 tomato diced
1 small red onion in very fine dices
1 tsp of fresh grated ginger
Tabasco to taste
1 can of coconut cream
coriander
the juice of 7 or 8 limes
fresh coriander leaves
In a bowl mix the fish, coconut cream, lime juice, salt, pepper, Tabasco, ginger.
Now you are going to put all your diced veggies and coriander on top but you are not going to mix the with the fish, and I repeat DO NOT MIX with the fish. By this your vegetables will be nice and crispy and you will have a lot of different flavors going around at the same time.
Chill the ika mata for about 2 hours, now mix everything and serve, it goes very nice with some melba toasts or some salad and slices of boiled sweet potato and of course some ice chilled beers.
Enjoy
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