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Seared tuna with watermelon, ginger pickle purée and baby leaves
Photo: Giovanna Gomes

Seared tuna with watermelon, ginger pickle purée and baby leaves

20 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

Griddled watermelons add colour to this unusual dish.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

365
Calories
30g
Protein
16g
Fat
27g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 16 ingredients — the other 7 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Tuna 100g cooked 132
Sesame 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Watermelon 1 cup diced (152g) 46
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Rapeseed Oil not in our table 0
Tamarind not in our table 0
Asafoetida not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Salad not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Sorrel not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 2 tsp sesame seeds
  • 200g/7oz root ginger
  • 1 green chilli
  • 1 tsp red chilli powder
  • salt
  • 100g/3½oz tamarind
  • 100g/3½oz palm sugar
  • pinch asafoetida
  • 1 dried red chilli
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • 5-6 curry leaves
  • 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 500g/1lb 2oz piece fresh tuna
  • ¼ watermelon
  • 10g/⅓oz salad mache (lamb's lettuce
  • 2 tbsp coriander cress
  • ½ bunch breakfast radishes
  • 2 tbsp baby sorrel

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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