Tuna Fish Masala Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Canned Tuna turned into a delicious dish which can be served with rice.
Tuna Fish Masala
If you have any leftover cooked fish. This is a simple recipe to use it up. This entire dish comes to life in the addition of lemon juice. This is my way of using up leftover fish. You could use the same recipe for left over chicken too. If you don’t have left over fish. You could also use the canned tuna or lightly fry your fish in a pan. Hope you give this a try and let me know what you think.
What is your way to use leftover fish ???
Ingredients for Canned Tuna Fish Masala Recipe
- 2 cans Canned Tuna
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp Fennel seeds
- 1 handful Curry leaves
- 1 Onion chopped
- 2 Tomato chopped
- 1 tsp Chilli powder
- 1 tsp Cumin powder
- 1 tsp Garam masala powder
- 1 tsp Black Pepper Powder
- Coriander leaves for garnishing
- Lemon juice as per taste
- Salt to taste
How to Make Canned Tuna fish Masala
- Drain canned tuna and squeeze it gently to remove excess water.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Add fennel seeds, curry leaves and let them sizzle.
- Add in onions, green chillies and cook till translucent.
- Add in tomatoes and cook that down.
- Sprinkle in chilli powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, salt and mix well.
- Add in canned tuna and mix well.
- Cover this and cook for 5 min.
- Add in pepper powder. Squeeze in lemon juice and coriander leaves and mix well.
- Serve hot with rice.
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Tuna Fish Masala Recipe | Canned Tuna Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cans Canned Tuna
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp Fennel seeds
- 1 handful Curry leaves
- 1 Onion chopped
- 2 Tomato chopped
- 1 tsp Chilli powder
- 1 tsp Cumin powder
- 1 tsp Garam masala powder
- 1 tsp Black Pepper Powder
- Coriander leaves for garnishing
- Lemon juice as per taste
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Drain canned tuna and squeeze it gently to remove excess water.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Add fennel seeds, curry leaves and let them sizzle.
- Add in onions, green chillies and cook till translucent.
- Add in tomatoes and cook that down.
- Sprinkle in chilli powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, salt and mix well.
- Add in canned tuna and mix well.
- Cover this and cook for 5 min.
- Add in pepper powder. Squeeze in lemon juice and coriander leaves and mix well.
- Serve hot with rice.
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Nutrition
Version 1 : Canned Tuna Fish Masala Recipe
1)Take your canned tuna
2)Drain it
3)Heat oil, add in fennel seeds.
4) Add onions, chillies, curry leaves and turmeric.
5)Add in tomatoes
5)Add spice powders
6)Add in canned tuna.
7)Toss well. Cook for 5 mins.
8)Add in black pepper and garam masala powders.
9)Add lemon juice.
10)Add in coriander leaves
11)Serve.
Version 2: Leftover Fish Masala Recipe
Ingredients for Leftover Fish Masala
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Cooked fish-2 cup(either fried fish or boiled fish)
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Onion-1 chopped
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Tomato-2 chopped
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Chilli powder-1 tsp
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Garam masala powder-1 tsp
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Cilantro for garnishing
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Lemon juice as per taste
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Salt to taste
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Oil-1 tblspn
How to Make Leftover Fish Masala
- Heat oil in a kadai and throw in onions and cook till translucent.
- Sprinkle in chilli powder, garam masala powder, salt and mix well.
- Add in tomato and cook for 3 min.
- Add in cooked fish and mix well.Cover this and cook for 5 min.
- Squeeze in lemon juice and cilantro and mix well.
- Serve hot with rice.
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| Grab your humble ingredients |
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| Saute onions in oil |
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| add in chilli and garam masala powder |
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| throw in chopped tomatoes |
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| and the cooked chopped fish |
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| mix well |
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| throw in cilantro and squeeze some lemon juice |
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| mix well |
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| Serve hot with rice |
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| Or with roti. |
lola
una manera deliciosa de aprovechar sobras
¡¡besos¡¡
Lucia
Un piatto molto interessante... Mi incuriosisce troppo, lo voglio provare! Buona serata 🙂
Catherine
A wonderful way to use left-over fish. This is a perfect companion for either rice or spaghetti. Blessings, Catherine xo
Dzoli
I will never open open posts liek this before lunch has finished.Change of plans..but the fish I could use is still frozen.Ok will wait till dinner.Fantastic dish and fits perfectly in the weather we are having here .It snowed first time in all the years(15) I live here!!
Delicious dish:)
Chitra
Amma does similar kind of dish.... it will go well with chappathi
Priya
I can finish that irresistible subzi in no time,inviting!
anthony stemke
A great way to use leftover fish, your instructions were very straightforward, the pictorial easy to follow, the ingredients are tasty.
Thank You.
Aarthi
Oh thats so sweet Dzoli...Thanks for your lovely comments guys...
itians_n
wow.... superb dish da... i like it very much... u have got lot of fans for this yummy tummy from my class... congrats keep going....
Anonymous
I always love fish😍...in my country we can eat fish which cooked in different ways from breakfast to dinner. This one must be yummy.