Cuisine: Goa
Category: Lunch
Prep: 10 min
Cook: 15 min
Serves: 4
Difficulty: Easy
🍗 Non-Vegetarian
Canned tuna cooked with Goan red masala, onion and vinegar — a quick everyday preparation using the pantry staple adopted into Goan home cooking.
Ingredients
- 2 cans tuna in brine — drained well
- 1 large onion — finely chopped
- 2 tomatoes — finely chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp cane vinegar
- 1/4 tsp sugar
- Salt
- Fresh coriander
Method
- Drain tuna completely from brine. Break into large chunks.
- Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan. Add finely chopped onion.
- Cook on medium for 8 minutes until golden.
- Add ginger-garlic paste. Cook 2 minutes. Add finely chopped tomatoes. Cook 6 minutes.
- Add red chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric. Cook 2 minutes.
- Add the drained tuna. Toss gently — do not over-stir or the tuna will become mushy.
- Add vinegar and sugar. Stir.
- Cook on medium for 3 to 4 minutes until the masala coats the tuna.
- Season with salt. Garnish with coriander. Serve with Goan pao or rice.