SWEET AND SOUR TUNA IN LEMON SAUCE

Pemba, the northern Isles of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar is one of the places that I consider home.  Its location in the western side of the Indian Ocean in the East Africa Coast is blessings to us Pembans  (being an adopted son of the island), we the availability of  sea foods catch fresh from the sea. Privilege enough  I was given a house in between the wet market and fish market  both only three minutes walk frommy house  and I can easily avail and buy the anything that I like fresh from the sea daily base on a VSO volunteer’s allowance.

One of my favorite fish  is the tuna. In Pemba, all year round you can enjoy all sort of tuna from the yellow fin to the  blue fin species. One of the best thing about tuna is its flavor and the texture of its meat. Today, I will be sharing to you my  sweet  and sour tuna tuna in a lemon sauce.

Sweet and Sour Tuna in Lemon Sauce 

Ingredients

¼  kilo of tuna, cut in chunks

1   pinch of black pepper

1   pc. tomato, slide and dice into small quarters

1   tbl spoon Olive oil

¼  cup of honey ( sugar will do )

3   cloves garlic, freshly crush

½  cup of  lemon juice freshly extracted

½  onion, freshly chopped

PROCEDURE:

·   Marinate the tuna chunks  with  black pepper, salt and the lemon juice and chill it in the fridge for twenty minutes

·    Prepare your sauce pan in medium heat

·    Put the olive oil until  it becomes hot

·   Sautee' in the hot olive oil the garlic until it is brown, then add the tomatoes and the onions.

·    Add the marinated tuna on the pan, covered and simmer in a low flame

·  After five minutes, add the honey and stir it and cover it again for another ten minutes.

·   Take it from the pan and  put in a platter and viola!

It is best to serve it with a hot steaming white rice.