DISH RESEARCH · Salad
Ika Mata
Raw yellowfin tuna with coconut cream, lime and diced vegetables.
About Ika Mata
Pacific Resort presents ika mata as a traditional Cook Islands fish salad. Its published rendition uses yellowfin tuna, freshly squeezed coconut cream and lime, with red pepper, cucumber, carrot, tomato, red onion and chives.
The source first places the fish in a cold salted-water bath, then combines the drained tuna with the other ingredients before adding lime juice. Sea salt provides the named seasoning.
The diced fish and vegetables sit in the rich coconut mixture. Coconut shells are the prescribed serving vessels, with lime slices as garnish. Colourful diced vegetables remain visible among the fish in the coconut dressing.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Ika Mata
Pacific Resort's traditional Cook Islands ika mata.
- Yellowfin tunaProtein
- Freshly squeezed coconut creamLiquid
- Red bell pepperBase
- CucumberBase
- CarrotBase
- TomatoBase
- ChivesAromatic
- Red onionAromatic
- Lime juice and slicesSeasoning
- Sea saltSeasoning
- Cold waterCooking medium
- Coconut shellsCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Yellowfin tuna: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual51 specific fish.
- Freshly squeezed coconut cream: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual fresh original52 selected over unsweetened store-bought substitute, full extraction formula unprovided. Coconut not automatically a regulated tree nut.
- Red bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cucumber: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Carrot: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tomato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Chives: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Red onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Lime juice and slices: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual59 juice and66 lime-slice garnish consolidated.
- Sea salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual60 and62 salted bath, same salt allocation.
- Cold water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only62 named cold saltwater fish-soak food-contact medium, drained63; not omitted because not final liquid.
- Coconut shells: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual66 prescribed food-contact serving vessel only, not edible coconut shell or a heated ingredient.
Origins & food traditions
Cuisines & regions
- Cook Islands Cuisine
- Tuvaluan CuisineCatalogue link pending review