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Tuna Curry

A classic British Indian Restaurant tuna curry made with a pre-cooked base sauce. Rich, fragrant and ready in under 20 minutes.

20 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
13
Ingredients
9
Steps
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Requires G1The authentic choice — rich, deep flavour

G1 Base Sauce

2400 ml (8 portions) · 2+ hours · Involved

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Key ingredients

100 ml oil · 750 gm onions (prepared weight) · 1 tspn salt · 1 tbspn turmeric · 1 tspn ground coriander · ½ tspn ground cumin · +8 more

Ingredients

Servings
  • 1 - 2 tbspn oil
  • ½ tspn ground coriander
  • ¼ tspn mustard seeds
  • ½ tspn ground cumin
  • 2 tspn green chilli
  • ½ tspn chilli powder
  • 2 tspn ginger
  • ¼ tspn turmeric
  • 3 tbspn chopped tomatoes
  • 300 ml c46 curry base sauce (see note 1)
  • 100 gm cabbage
  • ¼ tspn salt
  • 56 gm tinned tuna

Method

  1. 1

    Finely slice the cabbage and cut into approx 1 inch lengths.

  2. 2

    Grate the ginger.

  3. 3

    Finely chop the green chilli.

  4. 4

    Using a wok or heavy pan, heat the oil over a medium/high flame, and cook, stirring regularly, the mustard seeds and green chilli for .

  5. 5

    Stir in the ginger and tomatoes and cook, stirring regularly, for .

  6. 6

    Mix in the cabbage, ground coriander, ground cumin, chilli powder and turmeric and cook, stirring for , adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying and burning.

  7. 7

    Add 80 ml of c46 base sauce and salt, reduce the heat to low and simmer, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain the desired sauce consistency.

  8. 8

    Stir in the tuna and heat through for .

  9. 9

    Serve with 1 or 2 chapatti's and garnish with a little freshly chopped coriander.

My Notes

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