Coconut of Fish

This is a delicious Esmeralda recipe that our ancestors prepared in fish that they brought from their fishing tasks, with a delicious coconut sumo, you can use any type of fish that you want, but usually the corvina, tilapia is used , cod among others. There are also many variations of this dish, such as shrimp shrimp, cons and others, which I will later publish in the course of the days.

Ingredients

For the dressing of the fish:

• 2 ½ pounds of fresh fish fillets, cut into medium sized pieces
• ¼ cup of lemon juice, about 2 lemons
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground annatto (or ground paprika instead)
• 2 tablespoons of oil

For encocado:

1 medium pearl white onion, diced
2 peppers, diced
4 kidney tomatoes, peeled and diced
1 fresh coconut, liquefied water and coconut pulp, or a 14 oz. Can of coconut milk
3 tablespoons coriander, finely chopped
1 teaspoon ground coriander nuggets (or herb)
Salt to taste
pepper to taste

To accompany:
Rice and ripe plantains fried or patacones

• Preparation:

         Dressing the fish:

• Put the lemon juice, the crushed garlic, the ground cumin, the paprika, and the salt in a small bowl. Mix well to prepare the dressing of the fish.
• Put the pieces of fish in a bowl and cover with the dressing, let it sit in the refrigerator for 1 - 2 hours.

           Coconut: 

• Heat the oil to prepare a refrito or sofrito, add the chopped onions, tomatoes, peppers and salt, cook over medium heat for 5 minutes.
• Add the pieces of fish and let cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the coconut milk, fresh or canned, to the refried. Mix well.
• Cover partially and let simmer for about 20-25 minutes.
• Sprinkle with chopped cilantro or chop. Serve with rice and ripe fried plantains.

Note: 

The best way to prepare the encocado is with fresh coconuts, the coconut water is liquefied with the grated coconut meat. But, if you live in a place where fresh coconuts are not always found, you can use canned coconut sumo.

This dish is easy to prepare and if you like seafood, coconut gives it a special touch. My family loves fish and seafood, so I hope you like this delicious recipe of my beautiful Tierra Esmeraldas.