Fish Lolo

Fijian fish dish where a whole fish is roasted and served with bubbling coconut cream, onions tomato and chilli.

I ate a whole Coral Cod cooked like this on Yanuca Island as the sun set with a bottle of Fiji Bitter. I had watched the unlucky (but delicious) fish being spear fished earlier on that day.

Ingredients

• Whole firm, white fleshed fish (or a fillet)
• Coconut cream
• 1 onion, finely diced
• 2 tomatoes, deseeded and finely diced
• 1 green chilli, deseeded and finely sliced

Instructions

• Rub fish with oil, salt and pepper. If whole put 2 - 3 slashes down the fattest part of each side
  
• Place on a roasting dish and roast in a hot (200C+) oven until just cooked. I can´t give accurate timings due to range of sizes and types of fish, but a whole fish big enough for 2 people shouldn´t take longer than 10 - 12 mins
• Pour over coconut cream, onions, tomatoes and chilli
• Put back into oven until coconut cream is bubbling and serve

Serve with your choice of rice, salad, stir fried vegetables, casava, chips