Fresh Tuna in Coconut Curry Sauce

Submitted by YiddesheMamala

"Warm, spicy, creamy and delicious! Serve this tuna dish over jasmine or basmati rice. If your'e in a mood for noodles you can serve it with small egg noodles too. Either way you are in for a tasty treat."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 2 (6 -8 ounce) tuna steaks (raw)
• 1 (13 1/2 ounce) can coconut milk
• 1 small yellow onion
• 1 tablespoon olive oil or 1 tablespoon other vegetable oil
• 1 cup green peas
• 2 -3 tablespoons of hot curry powder
• 1 (16 ounce) can diced tomatoes with lime and cilantro (optional)
• 1 -2 teaspoon hot paprika
• 2 cups water, for poaching tuna steaks

directions

1. In a small saucepan place 2 cups of water and bring to a boil, lower heat to simmer and place tuna steaks into the water for about 8-10 minutes, covered on low heat.
2. Remove from heat once steaks are opaque and drain water from them and let them cool a bit.
3. Heat oil in frying pan and place diced onion in pan and saute until opaque.
4. Open your coconut milk and place in a med saucepan or deep fry-pan.
5. Add curry powder and stir it in well ( you can adjust curry powder to taste).
6. Cut up tuna steaks into 1" cubes and add to the sauce keeping on a low flame.
7. Add onion and peas to mixture and simmer for about 5 minutes.
8. Serve over a bed of rice or noodles.

Reviews

[MissBurna]

This is one of my favourite recipes, although I have adapted it to make it more interesting. I double the coconut milk (as it makes it more creamier and thicker), add 6 or 7 teaspoons of yellow curry paste, spinach, roasted peppers, onions and green beans and 2 teaspoons of lime juice. I think it's also better without the paprika but don't leave out the chopped tomatoes. For vegetarians I'd recommend adding some chopped roasted sweet potatoes. Yummy!

 

[brennmi]

Although I didn't have hot curry powder or hot paprika this dish was warm enough. Recipe submitter forgot to include the tomatoes in the directions - do not omit. Since it was only DH & myself I made the whole sauce recipe and removed half to use for a later date. This would be excellent with chicken, seafood or for that matter tender pieces of meat.