Indian Tinned Tuna Curry Recipe

Indian-influenced canned tuna curry served with steamed rice and chapatis garnished with coriander.

Indian Tinned Tuna Curry Recipe

When you look at canned tuna, you probably aren't thinking "Indian curry", but it is the star of this simple but utterly delicious home-style dish that will go from your store cupboard to your table in under 30 minutes!

Course Main Course

Cuisine Anglo Indian

Keyword Canned Tuna Curry, Indian Tuna Curry, Tinned Tuna Curry, Tuna Curry

Prep Time 5

Total Time 27

Servings Servings

Calories 318kcal

Author Brian Jones

Ingredients

2 125g Tins of Tuna in Spring Water 210g or 7oz Net Weight
1 Medium Onion 150g
1 Medium Green Pepper
2 tablespoon Ghee 35g
4 Garlic Cloves
15 g Ginger ½ thumb-sized piece
1 tablespoon Kashmiri Chilli Powder
½ teaspoon Ground Cumin
½ teaspoon Ground Coriander
¼ teaspoon Ground Turmeric
1 Pinch Cardamom Powder
200 g Tin Plum Tomatoes 7oz
1 Pinch Sugar
½ teaspoon White Vinegar
¼ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Black Pepper
1½ teaspoon Dried Fenugreek

Instructions

Cut the onion in half, peel it and cut it into a 1cm (just under ½") dice.
Remove the stem and seeds from the green pepper (discard them) and cut the pepper into a 5mm (¼") dice.
Heat a 25cm or 10" frying pan over a medium-high heat and add the ghee. When the ghee melts, add the onions and green pepper, then cook for 7-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Peel the garlic cloves and cut them as finely as you can.
Peel the ginger and grate it.
Drain the tuna.
After the onions have been cooking for 10 minutes, add the garlic and ginger, and cook for another minute, stirring constantly.
Add the chilli powder, cumin, coriander, turmeric and cardamom powder and stir for 30 seconds.
Pour in the tinned tomatoes, sugar, vinegar and season with the salt and pepper; stir and crush the tomatoes with a fork. Turn the heat down to low-medium, then cook for 5 minutes.
Add the drained tuna to the curry sauce, crush in the dried fenugreek leaves, stir and cook for another 5 minutes to heat through and serve.
If the curry is a little too dry, add a splash of the water you have drained from the tuna.

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