Prep Time | 30 minutes |
Servings |
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Ingredients
- Tuna in oil(about 12 oz.) - 300 gm
- Grated Coconut - 3/4 cup
- garlic(chopped) - 1 tsp
- Ginger(chopped) - 1 tsp
- Green chillies(chopped) - 4 -
- Onion(chopped, medium) - 1/2 of
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- Pearl onions(Kunjulli) - 3 -
- Coriander powder - 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder - ½ tsp
- Red chilly powder - 2 tsp
- Tamarind paste(Puli) - 1/2 tbsp
- Curry leaves - 1 sprig
- Water - ½ cup
- Salt(As reqd) -
For seasoning:
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- Dry chillies(Kollamulaku) - 2-3
- Curry leaves(A few) -
Ingredients
For seasoning:
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Instructions
- Make a coarse paste with coconut and the rest of the ingredients, except tamarind paste, water and curry leaves. Add very little water while grinding, if required.
- Remove the paste into a pan and keep it on fire.
- Add the water, tamarind paste and curry leaves. Mix well and bring to a boil.
- Open the tuna can(s) and drain off the oil.
- Add tuna to the gravy in the pan.
- Cover and cook for about 6 minutes or till the tuna is cooked and coated with the gravy.
- Remove from the flame.
- Season it with mustard , dry chilli and curry leaves (if desired)..
- :- Serve hot with warm rice and Coconut Pancakes (Appam), steamed rice or slices of bread.
- :- This curry is supposed to be spicy and tangy. However, the amount of chillies and tamarind can be reduced or increased as desired.
- :- Fresh tuna will taste very good in this recipe.
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10 comments
didnt like it very much… too much of tamarind…
thanx!!i was looking for a different way to cook tuna:-)
T`was a good combination for chapattis..Thanx!!!
Adipolli
Thanx for the different kind of tasty and mouth-watering dish..Chetha aiyrrunu…
It was not bad but good in a different flavour and taste.Well, we enjoyed this recipe with chappathi.Thanx for the different Tuna dish…
good one to try!!!
adiadiadipoli
Super appu!!
Tried this many times. Recipe is excellent