TRADITIONAL POKE

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Number Of Ingredients 22

Ingredients

2 teaspoons inamona (ground kukui nut, also known as candlenut)
Put the tuna into a medium bowl, add the ogo and soy sauce, toss and chill, covered, for at least one hour.
To serve, transfer to a chilled serving bowl. Sprinkle very lightly with the salt, scatter the inamona over the poke and serVe immediately.
Simple variations: You can use these suggestions separately or combine as many asyou wish.
Instead of cutting the ahi in cubes, slice it in randomly shaped pieces about %-inch thick and I-inch square; this change in texture has a bigger effect than you might think.
For spicy poke, add ¥.iteaspoon red pepper flakes.
To add another layer of traditional flavor, add 1 teaspoon toasted sesame.oil, omit the inamona and top with 1 teaspoon lightly toasted white sesame seeds.
Cut two green onions, white and green parts, into very thin rounds and toss with the tuna.
Add 2 tablespoons minced sweet onion to the tuna before mixing.
Add 2 tablespoons minced red onion to the tuna before mixing.
If you do not have inamona, top the poke with a tablespoon of crushed macadamia nuts.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2009
)oke is popular
Nontraditional but deliciousvariations:
Add 1 or 2 teaspoons of freshly grated ginger.
Add 1 tablespoon minced cilantro and serve with small lime wedges.
Cut the tuna into ¥.i-inch
cubes. Mince 1 serrano and toss with the tuna. Cut 1 firm, ripe avocado into ¥.i-inch dice, chill and toss with the tuna
immediately before serving. Sprinkle with a tablespoon of minced cilantro and serve
\ with lime wedges alongside
Simple variations: You can use these suggestions separately or combine as many asyou wish.
Instead of cutting the ahi in cubes, slice it in randomly shaped pieces about %-inch thick and I-inch square; this change in texture has a bigger effect than you might think.

Steps:

teaspoon red pepper flakes. add 1 teaspoon toasted sesame.oil, top with 1 teaspoon lightly toasted white sesame seeds. Cut two green onions, white and green parts, into very thin rounds and toss with the tuna. or sweet onion or red onion. tablespoon of crushed macadamia nuts. Add 1 or 2 teaspoons of freshly grated ginger. Add 1 tablespoon minced cilantro and serve with small lime wedges. Cut the tuna into ¥.i-inch cubes. Mince 1 serrano and toss with the tuna. Cut 1 firm, ripe avocado into ¥.i-inch dice, chill and toss with the tuna immediately before serving. Sprinkle with a tablespoon of minced cilantro and serve \ with lime wedges alongside or: Instead of cutting the ahi in cubes, slice it in randomly shaped pieces about %-inch thick and I-inch square; this change in texture has a bigger effect than you might think. For spicy poke, add ¥.iteaspoon red pepper flakes. To add another layer of traditional flavor, add 1 teaspoon toasted sesame.oil, omit the inamona and top with 1 teaspoon lightly toasted white sesame seeds. Cut two green onions, white and green parts, into very thin rounds and toss with the tuna. Add 2 tablespoons minced sweet onion to the tuna before mixing. Add 2 tablespoons minced red onion to the tuna before mixing. If you do not have inamona, top the poke with a tablespoon of crushed macadamia nuts. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2009 )oke is popular Nontraditional but deliciousvariations: Add 1 or 2 teaspoons of freshly grated ginger. Add 1 tablespoon minced cilantro and serve with small lime wedges. Cut the tuna into ¥.i-inch cubes. Mince 1 serrano and toss with the tuna. Cut 1 firm, ripe avocado into ¥.i-inch dice, chill and toss with the tuna immediately before serving. Sprinkle with a tablespoon of minced cilantro and serve \ with lime wedges alongside