Kerala Recipes

Tuna Curry

September 24th, 2008

This is one of my favorite recipes and is really easy to make. Whenever, I need to make a quick side dish for rice or chapattis, I use canned tuna which is readily available in the market and the entire recipe just takes 15 minutes. This Canned Tuna Curry Recipe can also be used with any other Canned Fish.

Tuna Curry

Ingredients

1. Canned Tuna Fish – 2 cans
2. Tomato (chopped) – 1 large
3. Onion (sliced) – 1 large
4. Curry leaves – A sprig
5. Ginger (finely sliced) – 2 tsp
6. Crushed Garlic – 4 or 5 cloves
7. Fish Masala Powder – 3 tbsp
8. Chilly powder – 1 tsp
9. Coriander Powder – 1 tbsp
10. Water -1 cup
11. Salt – As required
12. Oil – 2 tbsp
13. Pepper Powder – 1 tsp

Preparation Method

1. Drain the water and oil from the canned tuna fish and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a pan and saute onions till brown.
3. Add ginger, garlic and curry leaves and saute for a few minutes.
4. Add tomatoes along with little salt and stir till the tomatoes are mashed.
5. Now add fish masala powder, chilly powder and coriander powder and stir for a few minutes till the oil separates from the masala.
6. Mix the tuna fish along with 1 cup water and cook covered for 5-8 minutes till the gravy is coated on the fish.
7. Finally, sprinkle some pepper powder.

Related posts:

1. Tuna Thoran (Tuna Coconut Stir Fry)
2. Tuna and Bell Pepper Masala
3. Easy Tuna Fish Cutlets
4. Tuna Pasta Salad
5. Meen Curry – Fish Curry

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4 Responses to “Tuna Curry”

1. roshen abrahamson says:

   June 2, 2009 at 11:45 pm

   Fish Masala powder ittal pazhaya nadan ruchi kittumo?
2. admin says:

   June 3, 2009 at 6:40 am

   I use fish masala powder for convenience. You can substitute fish masala powder with 1 tsp Fresh Home Made Garam Masala Powder, 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder and 1/2 tsp Red Chilly Powder.
3. Nick Peatling Of Mandurah, Western Australia says:

   March 9, 2010 at 1:20 am

   Much easier curry and tastes a lot better:
   Red Thai Tuna Curry – Main Course

   Ingredients:
   250 grams Tuna in Springwater
   250 ml Coconut Milk
   50 grams Bean Sprouts
   100 grams Snow Peas
   1 jar of Red Thai Paste
   2 whole Red Chilli’s
   Coriander and Paprika

   Directions:
   Step 1: To start use an oiled fry pan and throw in your snow peas and bean sprouts and cook until golden.
   Step 2: De-seed two whole chilli’s (keep approximately 15 chilli seeds to the side) and then thinly slice them into strips. Once this is done throw them in with the other veggies.
   Step 3: Throw the tuna into the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes with the veggies.
   Step 4: Empty the coconut milk into the pan and then place on simmer.
   Step 5: Insert two tablespoons of red Thai paste into the dish and add one teaspoon of coriander and one teaspoon of paprika (also add the chilli seeds that were put aside).
   Stir the spices and paste into the dish and then simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.

   Serves 4
   Best served with rice.
   A dry red wine will compliment this dish.

   
   

   Hi Nick,
   Thanks for the Recipe. I will definitely try it out.
   Regards
   Admin
4. sach says:

   August 9, 2010 at 5:02 pm

   doesn’t it need puli?

   
   Hi Sach,
   This recipe uses tomatoes for sourness instead of tamarind/fish tamarind.

   Regards
   dmin