Tuna Croquettes by the Recipe Tailor

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Tuna Croquettes by recipetailor_ashu

Food Category: Healthy Protein Rich Appetizers

Preparation Time: 1 Hour (approximately) 

Ingredients:

• California Tuna Can - 185 gms
• Chickpeas - 100 gms
• Onion - 1 medium size
• Carrot - 1 small size
• Green Chilly - 5-6 (or as per the taste)
• Coriander leaves - Handful
• Curry Leaves - Handful (optional)
• Garlic - 4-5 cloves
• Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
• Pepper Powder - As per the taste
• Red Chilly Powder - 1 tsp (optional)
• Fish Masala - 1 tsp (optional)
• Salt - as per taste
• Oil - 4 tsp
• Egg - 1 (optional)

Method:

• Soak the chickpeas overnight and the following morning, boil it and grind into a smooth paste.
• Grate the carrot and finely chop the onion and green chilly.

Clockwise: Chickpeas, Carrot, Onion & Chilly and Tuna

• Pour 1.5-2 tsp oil in a wok or a pan and add cumin seeds followed by curry leaves, garlic and green chilly. Curry leaves can be added at this stage or later along with coriander.
• Sauté it on a low flame.
• Add finely chopped onion followed by grated carrot and chickpeas paste. Sauté it for about 5-10 minutes to allow the rawness to subside.
• Add salt and a pinch of turmeric powder and keep stirring to avoid sticking to the pan.
• Add the Tuna and mix it well.
• Add the fish masala (optional), pepper powder as per the taste and chilly powder (optional). Lastly, add the coriander leaves at this stage.

Blend well

• Mix and blend everything well on a medium flame for approximately 10 minutes and allow it to cool a little once you turn off the flame.
• Optional: You can use this time to make some pudina (mint) chutney and slice some onions, add a dash of vinegar - the best combination ever to have the Tuna Croquettes, giving a ditch to all the regular sauces.
• Once the above mixture is cool, shape it into round or cylindrical shape and refrigerate for 30 minutes or an hour.
• Heat some oil in a frying pan or a wok, dip the croquettes into a well beaten egg (optional) and shallow fry till golden brown. 
• Serve it hot with pudina (mint) chutney and sliced onions.

Ta-da...it's ready! :)

Garnish it with some coriander-mint leaves, lemon and chilly and relish it hot.

Ashu Xavier-Food Blogger (recipetailor_ashu)

Ashu Xavier is an Indian Blogger, currently living in Dubai. Cooking has been a self taught hobby for her since the age of seven. Experimenting with food often helped her mix her food cravings and different mood swings. It is her dream to connect with more people through food as she believes 'FOOD' is the only thing that brings people together irrespective of  from where we come. Her mantra is to put ounce of love in everything that she cooks. 

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