Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Hinava Tongii


Hinava is a type of cuisine of the KadazanDusun indigenous ethnic group in Sabah, Malaysia. It is a form of salad with pieces of raw fish marinated in citrus juice. Tongii is actually mackerel fish in KadazanDusun language.

Very simple and easy to prepare dish.


Ingredients
200g raw Mackerel (tenggiri) fish flesh
juice of 4-5 lime (enough to cover the fish flesh)
salt to taste
ginger, cut into fine strips
shallot, peeled and slice thinly
chili, cut into fine strips

Method

  1. Wash and then slice the fish flesh thinly.
  2. Add the lime juice and salt. Mix well. Set aside for about 10min, preferably in a refrigerator.
  3. Add ginger, shallots and chili. Mix and serve.
Variations
You can also add dried grated bambangan seed and finely sliced bitter gourd if your like bitter taste.



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12 comments:

  1. UIIIIII poppet, yetliur i o!memang sedaaaaaaapppppp ni kan.pengsan kali si fathahiya if terasa ini. u ingat ka si fat?ur classmate yg gila bambangan dulu?

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  2. yup, masih ingat lagi sama siFat tu...
    Sinang ja buat ni hinava whimsi, ble juga ko buat tu di rumah.. drp beli di kedai yg siiiikit ja pun sudah RM1.

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  3. aiyaaa poppet, mcm i tak berani buat o.nanti rasa lansi bah kan.boleh ka i order dari u?coz if u i know sure terjamin kebersihan nya.few years back ada si fat dtg sabah poppet.dia berkecimoung dlm bidang publishing now.bukan bio tech lagi.dia ada company share dengan si shikin.shikkin budak architecture(housemate kami).u ingat ka
    ?

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  4. actually mo cari tongii yg fresh yg susahkan...

    yup, sia ingat shikin tu.. ada pula si Fat tu dtg...

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  5. wah!!! bestnya..dulu ada sia try makan hinava..punya sedap!! ingat susah mau buat..wohoo bulih try sudah lepas ni..but kalau sia mau taruh cili api bulih kah tu?? sia nie kalau nda pedas sia nda makan..

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  6. uiii cili api lagi ok bah klu suka yang pedas...

    ngam tu kadusmama

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  7. ko kayuh pajamas...

    Onunu tongii???

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  8. haaaahahahhaah sot suda si labpapa.awal pagi i suda ketawa2 baca dia punya posting and now di komen. tak tau samada yg ini cakap dusun ke jepun.hahahahahahahahahah

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  9. lab papa- Ohayou gozaimasu... Tongii is actually mackerel fish in KadazanDusun language :).

    whimsi - masih mimpi2 lagi mengkali lab papa ni, maklumlah inda sukup tidur hehehe

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  10. hinava, one of my expertise juga ni. esehmen! i like to add peria, thinly sliced and banyak2 shallots.

    mau cari tongii fresh, sana tuaran ada. fresh frm the sea lagi tapi mau cepat lah kalu tida kena pajak habis.

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  11. tu lah bah tu chegu, susah mo cari tongii yg freshkan... sia dingar di tuaran memang fresh ikan dia, tapi mo pi pagi2 la kan...

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  12. Yang my wife thought me guna ikan titir (in english we call it Tee-tee fish because its physical resemble the golf tee...believe it or not? believe lah..give one shot)

    I usually went to Tuaran for buy fresh food stuffs...miss Tuaran a lot

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