ʻota ʻika is a oceanian dish consisting of raw fish marinated in citrus juice and coconut milk. the tongan, tahitian, and samoan variants are essentially identical in that the raw fish is briefly marinated in lemon or lime juice until the surface of the flesh becomes opaque. the fish is then mixed with coconut milk and diced vegetables (most commonly cucumber, tomato, onion, green onion, and spicy peppers). this is the national dish of tonga. the dish is otherwise known as coconut fish in nauru, kokoda in fiji and papua new guinea, oka in samoa, ika mata in the cook islands and new zealand, orao ra in kiribati, and simply poisson cru on the french islands. the word "ota" means "raw" with...
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