Inamona is a condiment or relish used in traditional Hawaiian cooking made from roasted kukui nut (candlenuts) and

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. It is sometimes mixed with

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, often accompanying meals. Inamona is often served with fresh fish.

Uses

Inamona is used in poke and sometimes

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. It enhances the flavor of the poke, which may be served "Hawaiian style" with a mix of sesame oil, limu, salt, and

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(''ahi'') or sometimes

skipjack tuna The skipjack tuna (''Katsuwonus pelamis'') is a medium-sized perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae. It is otherwise known as the balaya (Sri Lanka), bakulan/kayu (North Borneo), tongkol/aya (Malay Peninsula/Indonesia), aku (Hawaii), cak ...

(''aku'').

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