Fish in Coconut Milk

Reef fish simmered in coconut cream with lime.

Ingredients

• 1 kg Fresh fish
• 500 ml Coconut cream
• 2 Onion
• 2 Tomatoes
• ¼ cup Lime juice
• 1 Chili
• 2 tbsp Ginger
• 2 tsp Salt
• 3 Spring onions

Method

1. Season the fish — Rub with lime, ginger and salt and rest 20 minutes.
2. Build the base — Layer onion and tomato in a pot.
3. Add the fish — Lay the fish over the vegetables so it does not stick or break.
4. Add coconut — Pour the coconut cream over and add chili.
5. Simmer gently — Cook 20 minutes without stirring or boiling hard, or the coconut will split.
6. Fish is ready — Scatter with spring onion and serve with taro or rice.

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