List of tuna dishes Facts for Kids

Mas huni (top) with chapati flatbread

Tuna is a popular type of fish found in oceans around the world. It's a very useful ingredient that chefs use in many different ways. You can find tuna in main dishes, sandwiches, salads, and even sushi! This article explores some of the interesting and tasty dishes made with tuna.

Delicious Tuna Dishes Around the World

Open-faced tuna fish sandwiches made with tuna salad

Tuna pot is a hearty stew

Here are some famous dishes that feature tuna:

Cakalang fufu is a special dish from North Sulawesi, Indonesia. It's made from skipjack tuna that is cured (preserved) and then smoked. The fish is often clipped onto a bamboo frame while it's being prepared.

Garudhiya is a clear fish broth from the Maldives. It's a very traditional and basic food there. This broth is made using different types of tuna found in the Maldivian waters, like skipjack or yellowfin tuna.

Gulha is a yummy snack from the Maldives. These are small, ball-shaped dumplings. They are filled with a mix of tuna, finely chopped onion, grated coconut, lime juice, and chili pepper.

Kandu kukulhu is also known as tuna curry. This traditional Maldivian dish uses tuna fillets (slices of fish) that are rolled with spices. They are then cooked in creamy coconut milk.

Maldives fish is a type of cured tuna fish. It's made traditionally in the Maldives and is a very important food in Maldivian and Sri Lankan cuisine. It's also used in parts of Southern India.

Mas huni is a typical breakfast in the Maldives. It's a simple but delicious mix of tuna, onion, coconut, and chili pepper. People often eat it with flatbread.

Mas riha is a fish curry from the Maldives. It's usually eaten with steamed white rice. For breakfast, it's served with roshi flatbread and hot tea.

Mie cakalang is a noodle soup from the Minahasan region of Indonesia. It features skipjack tuna in a tasty broth with noodles.

Mojama is a special food from the Mediterranean region, especially Spain. It's made from tuna fillets that are salt-cured, which means they are preserved with salt.

Negitoro is a Japanese dish. It uses minced (finely chopped) raw tuna, often served as part of sushi or on top of a bowl of rice.

Rihaakuru is a thick food paste from the Maldives. It's a special product made when tuna is processed.

Salade niçoise is a fresh salad that started in Nice, France. Sometimes, freshly cooked or canned tuna is added to this colorful salad.

Tekkadon is a Japanese donburi dish. Donburi means it's a rice bowl with other ingredients on top. Tekkadon is topped with thin slices of raw tuna, called sashimi.

Tuna casserole is a comforting dish often made with pasta (or rice) and canned tuna. Sometimes, canned peas and corn are added to make it even more filling.

Tuna fish sandwich is a very common sandwich. It's made from canned tuna, usually mixed with mayonnaise and other ingredients to create a tuna salad. This salad then becomes the main filling for the sandwich.

Tuna Helper is a packaged food product. It comes with dried pasta and a powdered sauce mix. You just add tuna to it to make a quick and easy meal.

Tuna pot is a hearty fish stew. It's known as marmitako in the Basque Country of Spain. This stew was traditionally eaten by tuna fishermen on their boats in the Cantabrian Sea.

Tuna roll is a type of makizushi, which is rolled sushi. It's made with raw tuna, special sushi rice, and nori (seaweed).

Tuna salad is typically made with cooked tuna and mayonnaise. Other ingredients like onion and celery are often added to give it more flavor and crunch.