Malu Miris or Banana Chili Peppers are a commonly used type of chili in Sri Lankan cooking. However we use this chili pepper as a vegetable though it is still spicy. This dish is cooked with Canned tuna and Banana Peppers.It is spicy,but goes well with plain rice.
If you love cooking canned tuna in a curry,then check this Canned Tuna fish curry recipe too.
In case if you look for a vegetarian dish,simply avoid tuna fish.Follow the recipe instructions with only banana peppers as main ingredient.
Here is the recipe of Malu Miris stir fry. (Spicy Banana Peppers Stir Fry with Canned Tuna)
Spicy Banana Peppers Stir Fry with Canned Tuna
Recipe : Spicy Banana Peppers Stir Fry with Canned Tuna
Ingredients: (4-5 servings)
1 can of tuna flakes
4-5 Banana Peppers sliced
1 large onion sliced
1 tomato cut in to cubes
1 tspn ginger garlic paste
1 sprig of curry leaves
½ tspn mustard seeds
Piece of cinnamon
1tsp red chili flakes
1/4 tsp crushed pepper
¼ tspn turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Cooking oil 2 tbsp
Method:
Wash & prepare ingredients as in the list.
Drain out the liquid of canned tuna.
Heat oil in a pan; add mustard seeds when oil is heated up.
Once mustard seeds start to pop up, add ginger garlic paste.
When ginger garlic paste gives good aroma, add onion and curry leaves
Fry for 1-2 minutes. Then add turmeric powder to this.
Then add sliced banana peppers and mix well.
Canned Tuna and Banana Peppers Stir Fry
Add chili flakes, tomato and fry for a minute.
Finally add the tuna flakes and season with salt and pepper.
Mix well and fry for another few minutes.
Serve with plain rice, roti or bread.
25 comments
Wow! This looks super-yummy! I will try this! 🙂
thanks,sure you would love the spicy taste…
interesting recipe…loved with chillies
thanks Divya…
Never combined the two.. sounds interesting!
Try one day,you would love the hot & spicy taste…
wow…that definitely will be spicy..nice combo.
thanks Sona,yes it is really spicy… 🙂
A very interesting stir fry, looks yum and an innovative combination of veggie and tuna!
Great clicks!
thanks Pavithra…
Looks easy to make and very nice recipe too.. Will try this soon.. I’m a new blogger… Do visit my blog..
thanks Nilu for the visit,you too have a nice blog…
I would love to eat this with a bowl of rice,sound delicious 🙂
thanks Ridwan,yes it is delicious with plain rice though it is spicy 🙂
Quite a new dish for me, hot and spicy stir fry..looks wonderful.
thanks,hope you will try
Wow.. Looks tempting.. A lovely combo, wish I cud have that with a bowl of rice now !!
thanks Chitz…
Very interesting and nice combi.
thanks,yes it is tasty but spicy… 🙂
One of my Favorite Amy. Love to have with ‘Paan’.
oh yes,it goes well with ‘paan’… 🙂
looks yummy
thanks Akila…
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