Name: Tuna Vattichathu
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 300 gm Tuna in oil (about 12 oz.); 3/4 cup Grated coconut; 1 tsp Garlic (chopped); 1 tsp Ginger (chopped); 4 - Green chillies (chopped); 1/2 of Onion (chopped, medium); or; 3 - Pearl onions (Kunjulli); 1 tsp Coriander powder; ½ tsp Turmeric powder; 2 tsp Red chilly powder; 1/2 tbsp Tamarind paste (Puli); 1 sprig Curry leaves; ½ cup Water; Salt (As reqd); 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 2-3 Dry chillies (Kollamulaku); Curry leaves (A few)

Tuna Vattichathu

Tuna curry

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

300 gm Tuna in oil about 12 oz.
3/4 cup Grated coconut
1 tsp Garlic chopped
1 tsp Ginger chopped
4 - Green chillies chopped
1/2 of Onion chopped, medium
or
3 - Pearl onions Kunjulli
1 tsp Coriander powder
½ tsp Turmeric powder
2 tsp Red chilly powder
1/2 tbsp Tamarind paste Puli
1 sprig Curry leaves
½ cup Water
Salt As reqd

For seasoning:

1 tsp Mustard seeds
2-3 Dry chillies Kollamulaku
Curry leaves A few

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.

Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Response (10)

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sam May 25, 2004

didnt like it very much… too much of tamarind…

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jelin May 19, 2004

thanx!!i was looking for a different way to cook tuna:-)

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Jacob Chacko May 1, 2004

T`was a good combination for chapattis..Thanx!!!

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Johns April 27, 2004

Adipolli


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Bindu April 27, 2004

Thanx for the different kind of tasty and mouth-watering dish..Chetha aiyrrunu…

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Rita June 3, 2004

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…

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anu July 13, 2005

good one to try!!!

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bins April 19, 2007

adiadiadipoli

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Lakshminarayanan March 20, 2008

Super appu!!

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sowmya anilpillai April 16, 2008

Tried this many times. Recipe is excellent