📋 Tuna Cashew Pilau (Easy One Pot Tuna Rice)

Tuna cashew pilau in a pan on a black slate. Two bowls of pilau served in the background.

📋 Tuna Cashew Pilau (Easy One Pot Tuna Rice)

This easy tuna cashew pilau combines tinned tuna, basmati rice, peas and toasted cashews in one pot. A tasty family dinner ready in 40 minutes.

Course Dinner

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 25

Total Time 40

Servings

Calories 592kcal

Author Neil

Equipment

Ingredients

125 g cashew nuts
Low fat cooking oil spray
1 large onion sliced
1 tablespoon garlic paste
1.5 tablespoon medium curry powder
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
300 g uncooked white basmati rice
850 ml vegetable stock
1 tablespoon Lemon juice
80 g frozen peas
2 x 160g cans of tuna spring water drained
Freshly chopped coriander
20 halved cherry tomatoes optional

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Dry fry the cashew nuts in a saucepan until golden and lay aside to cool
Heat the spray oil in the saucepan over a medium heat, turn down the heat and sauté the onion for 3-4 minutes until soft.
Stir in the garlic paste for about a minute then stir in the curry powder, turmeric and stir for a few more seconds.
Stir in the rice then immediately add the stock, lemon juice and frozen peas. Allow the contents of the pan to come to the boil and then turn down to simmer for 10 to 15 minutes until the stock has been absorbed stirring occasionally to ensure the rice doesn't stick to the pan. Add more liquid if required. Keep pan uncovered during cooking.
Once the rice is cooked, gently fold in the drained tuna and cashew nuts. Heat gently until the tuna is hot throughout, then remove from the heat.
Season to taste and serve with the coriander scattered over topped with the halved cherry tomatoes.

Notes

Cool leftovers quickly in small, shallow containers, ideally within one hour. Cover and refrigerate promptly and eat within 24 hours. To freeze, cool quickly and freeze within one hour of cooking. Defrost in the fridge before reheating. Reheat only once until steaming hot throughout.

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