Kitchen: Minahasan Spicy Tuna

Homemade Minahasan Tuna Fufu (Spicy Tuna)

Ingredients 

1. 2 tbs vegetable oil
2. 1 tin of tuna in water
3. 2 stalks of lemon grass (crushed)
4. 2 tbs of lime juice
5. a bunch of fresh basil leaves
6. 6 fresh kaffir lime leaves (finely chopped)
7. 2 cm of galangal (crushed)
8. 3 cm of ginger (crushed)
9. 1 tsp of grilled shrimp paste
10. 10 red chilli
11. 5 cayenne pepper
12. 1 tsp of salt
13. 1/2 tsp of sugar
14. 8 of shallots

Directions 

1. Open the tin tuna, drain and pat it dry;
2. Seasoning paste: In a food processor, add grilled shrimp paste, red chili, cayenne pepper, salt, sugar and shallots; process them until finely ground;
3. In a frying pan, heat the vegetable oil over medium heat, add the seasoning paste, crushed galangal, crushed ginger as well as lemon grass. Let it cook it  2 minutes;
4. Add the tuna and mix it well with the seasoning paste for 5 minutes;
5. Add chopped fresh kaffir lime leaves and fresh basil, stir them well together and let it cook  for 15 minutes;
6. Transfer the tuna fufu into a serving dish and serve it with hot rice and stir-fried papaya leaves or papaya flowers.
7. The tuna fufu can also be served while it is cold.

Happy cooking!