Tuna chikkiyathu /spicy tuna thoran (stir-fried tuna with spices)

Ingredients

• 4 teaspoons coconut oil
• ¾ cup chopped onion
• 15 curry leaves
• 1/3 cupful (1 medium size) chopped tomato
• 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon Kashmiri chilli powder (Adjust per taste)
• Few teaspoon of water
• ½ teaspoon pepper powder
• 2*185g canned tuna, drained
• 1/3 cup grated coconut
• ½ teaspoon garam masala

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Preparation

• Heat a large frying pan or saucepan and add oil. Add the chopped onions, curry leaves and sauté till onion becomes soft and translucent. Add the chopped tomato , pepper powder and chilli powder.
• Cover and cook on very low flame until tomatoes are soft and masala is thick.
• Add the drained tuna and cook on low -medium flame for about 10-15 minutes until the masala is quite dry and no moisture at all. Add coconut and stir well. Cook for few more minutes until well incorporated.
• Add garam masala, stir well and cover and cook for a minute.
• Serve as a side dish for chappathi, poori, ottil pollichathu, rice,paalappam, appam or even bread.