Peruvian Cuisine -- Ceviche

10 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 350 grams White fish, such as white tuna or bigeye tuna (I used bigeye tuna in the recipe photo)
  • 100 ml Lime juice (lemon is too sweet for this dish)
  • 15 cm Celery (finely chopped)
  • 1/2 tsp Garlic (grated)
  • 1/2 Onion (preferably red onion, sliced and soaked in water)
  • 2 Peruvian aji limo (if not available, use red chili pepper soaked in hot water or habanero pepper)
  • 2 potatoes, or 1 sweet potato Potato, or sweet potato (boiled whole, then peeled)
  • 1 Fresh coriander (finely chopped)
  • 1 Lettuce, cancha corn, Peruvian corn, etc.
  • 1 Salt and pepper

Directions

  1. 1
    Cut the tuna into 2-3 cm cubes and sprinkle with a lot of salt and a little pepper.
  2. 2
    Combine the tuna with the finely chopped red chili peppers and celery and set aside for 5 minutes.
  3. 3
    Mix in the garlic and lime juice.
  4. 4
    Soak the sliced onion in water and drain it.
  5. 5
    Sprinkle the onion and finely chopped coriander over the other ingredients and chill in the refrigerator for 5-20 minutes.
  6. 6
    (The time is up to you; since I prefer the ingredients to be as fresh as possible, I chill it briefly.
  7. 7
    But if you want the flavours to blend more, then chill it for longer.)
  8. 8
    Place the lettuce and potato on a plate, cover that with the tuna mixture, then top the salad with cancha corn, or your choice of other condiments.

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