Recipe: Famous Gohu Ikan (Gohu Fish)

    In Manado, North Sulawesi, the dish gohu is a type of rujak (fruit salad) but, in Ternate, gohu ikan refers to a raw fish salad, wich comes with pleasantly surprising flavor kicks from shallots, lemon basil, calamansi and bird's eye chillies - all of wich complement the smooth texture of the tuna. The most commonly used fish to  make gohu ikan is yellowfin tuna or skipjack tuna. So, now let's make your own Gohu Ikan!

Main Ingredients:

1. 200 grams tuna
2. 1 handful toasted kenari (or peanuts/walnuts, coarsely pounded )
3. 4 tbsp. coconut oil

Spices:

1. 10 bird's eye chillies (roughly chopped)
2. 1 handful lemon basil ( half is roughly chopped )
3. 10 shallots ( roughly chopped)
4. 2 calamansis
5. Salt to taste

How To Make:

1. Cut the raw tuna into small dices. Clean and coat with calamansi juice and salt, then mix with chopped lemon basil. Calamansi can be substituted with lime.
2. Mix the bird's eye chillies, shallots and peanuts. Add the mixture on top of the fish.
3. Pour bubbling hot oil on top of the fish. The more hot oil used, the more surface area of the fish is cooked.
4. Place the dish on a serving plate. Garnish with lemon basil.

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