Tuna Rice

Tuna Rice, spicy and aroma rice with tuna. A very nice and easy lunch box dish, here is recipe for you all to try.

Ingredients

• Rice 2 cups, cooked, basmati / white rice
• Canned Tuna 1 can, drain oil and keep chunks only
• Green chilli 4 nos, sliced
• Onion 2 medium size, sliced
• Ginger 1 medium size, chopped
• Garlic 6 cloves, chopped
• Fennel Seeds 1 tsp
• Puthina leaves few, chopped
• Coriander leaves few, chopped
• Biriyani Masala / Garam Masala 1 1/2 tsp
• Pepper Powder 1 tsp
• Salt
• Oil
• Ghee 2 tsp
• Cloves 4 nos
• Cinnamon sticks 2 nos
• Cardamom 2 nos
• Star Anees 1
• Bay Leaves 2 nos

Method

Heat oil in a large sauce pan, add cloves, cardamom, cinnamon sticks, star anees and bay leaf. Once it leaves the aroma add sliced onion and saute for 3 minutes. Meanwhile grind ginger, garlic, puthina leaves, coriander leaves and fennel seeds and make a smooth paste. Once onions become soft add ginger garlic paste and saute for 2 minutes or till the raw smell goes off. Add green chilli and saute for 1 minute. Add tuna chunks and saute for 2 minutes. Keep in low flame, cover and cook for 1 minute. Add pepper powder, biriyani masala and salt saute for 1 minute. Add ghee now and stir well. Add cooked rice and stir well till masala coats well with the rice. Cover the lid and cook for 1 minute. Open and add few mint leaves and coriander leaves and mix well. Serve warm with pickle or raita. 

NB: You can make ghee rice and mix with tuna or with left over cooked rice. Enjoy cooking.