Lomi-Lomi Salmon — Detailed
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Lomi-lomi salmon (already HI-6) in detail: salt-cured salmon is diced and “lomi” (massaged) with diced tomato, sweet Maui onion, and sometimes chili. The salmon was traditionally salt-cured because fresh salmon did not exist in Hawaiian waters — it arrived as salt-cured provisions on trading ships. The Hawaiians adopted this foreign ingredient through their existing techniques: the lomi-lomi massage is the same kneading action used to make poi. One technique, applied to a new ingredient.
1. EXCEPTIONAL: Salmon cured overnight in paʻakai, rinsed, diced, and gently lomiʻd (massaged) with diced tomato and sweet Maui onion until the ingredients meld.
EXCEPTIONAL: Salmon cured overnight in paʻakai, rinsed, diced, and gently lomiʻd (massaged) with diced tomato and sweet Maui onion until the ingredients meld.
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EXCEPTIONAL: Salmon cured overnight in paʻakai, rinsed, diced, and gently lomiʻd (massaged) with diced tomato…
visual: pink salmon, red tomato, white onion in a colourful salad. Aroma: fresh tomato, sweet onion, salt-cured salmon. Texture: the lomi…
The lomi technique. Massage, donʻt stir. The gentle kneading action breaks down the salmon fibres and melds the ingredients in a way stirring cannot achieve.
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