Lomi Lomi Recipes

LOMI LOMI SALMON

Steps:

• Dice all the ingredients (salted salmon, tomatoes, onions, and green onions) separately. You want small, bite-sized pieces, think pencil eraser size.
• Put it all together into a big bowl.
• Lomi aka gently knead the ingredients together until well mixed. There is no need to salt or season because the salmon is already salted.
• Eat and enjoy!

LOMI LOMI

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir together the salted salmon, tomatoes, white onion, green onion, sea salt and cayenne pepper. Chill for at least 30 minutes before serving. Serve chilled.

LOMI LOMI(MALDIVES)

Steps:

• To make the ginger juice:.
• Combine 1 cup peeled & grated ginger, with 4 cups boiling water. Strain. Alternatively you can boil the ginger until it reaches desired strength.
• You can also run fresh ginger through a juicer, if you have one, but the result is much more potent, so you won't need as much in the recipe.
• Ginger juice keeps for at least a week in the fridge.
• To make the Lomi Lomi:.
• I have put it in cups to make it easy, but here is the method to make as much or as little as you want.
• Mix 1 part ginger juice(1 cup), 1.5 parts lime juice(1 1/2 cups) and 1-3 parts honey (1-3 cups or to taste).
• Mix with lots of crushed ice, or blend the Lomi Lomi and ice together, like a frozen margherita(yum!).
• You will have enough ginger juice to make 3 more batches of Lomi Lomi!
• NOTE: Be sure to thoroughly mix the honey into the juices first while still hot, before adding the ice, or the honey will harden like rock and wont blend into the drink.

LOMI LOMI

Steps:

• Salt the salmon to the point where it has a light crust and let it sit in refrigerator overnight. Rinse the salt off the salmon and slice it into small pieces. Add the salmon to a large mixing bowl and add the onion and tomatoes. Mix with your hands, or as they call it in Hawaii, Lomi Lomi, a saying used locally that means 'to massage'. Serve chilled.

LOMI LOMI SALMON

Steps:

• Cure the salmon: Mix the salt and sugar in a bowl. Place 2 long pieces of plastic wrap on a work surface, overlapping them to form a cross. Put half of the cilantro sprigs in the middle of the plastic wrap and top with half of the salt-sugar mixture. Press the salmon into the mixture, making sure the bottom of the fish is covered with salt and sugar. Sprinkle the salmon with the remaining salt-sugar mixture and rub it in, then place the rest of the cilantro on top. Wrap tightly in the plastic and refrigerate for 24 hours.
• The next day, unwrap the salmon, rinse off the salt and pat dry. Cut into 1/4-to-1/2-inch cubes.
• Make the salad: Toss the salmon, cilantro, tomatoes, scallions, jalapeno, vegetable and sesame oils and lime juice in a bowl. (Traditionally, the cured salmon is flaked and "massaged" with the other ingredients by hand.) Garnish the salad with chopped macadamia nuts, if desired.