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Tuna Curry

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

Tuna Curry

Ingredients

  1. Canned Tuna Fish – 2 cans (I used Chunk Light Tuna in water, each can weighing around 150g)
  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.
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Comments

  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

  5. jooni says

    March 20, 2013 at 8:33 am

    Hi,
    This recipe is really good. Tried it before, and boy, i love it!

  6. Bridget Jones says

    July 31, 2013 at 3:21 pm

    Looks very good! Do you use canned tuna “in olive oil” or canned tuna “in water” for this? Also, how big should each can of tuna be? There are different sized cans in my grocery store…

  7. Feba says

    April 25, 2016 at 7:33 am

    I loved this recipe.
    Everyone in my house also loved it.
    I made it right now and everyone enjoyed it with some warm rice.
    Thank you.

  8. Arnie says

    August 11, 2016 at 10:48 pm

    I love this recpie. My non indian roomates love it too.thanks.keep up the good work.

  9. Raji says

    August 11, 2017 at 9:47 pm

    I used only one can of tuna so halfed the ingredients. It was a quick, simple and tasty dish. Thank you for your reciepe!

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