Tataki Tuna

I tried this dish for the first time in New York and I thought I had to be able to make it at home one day. I loved it!
When I came back one of my students, Antonio, at EOI El Prat, told me he was an expert in Japanese cooking. I suggested I could buy the ingredients he would tell and We could cook together so, I would learn how to prepare the delicious tataki.
With time I have learned that the ingredients you need to marinate the fish may vary according to availability.

So, what did I use the last time I made the tataki?

1Kg. tuna cut in long rectangular chunks.

To marinate the tune:

Olive oil  200g
Soya sauce  200g
Fresh ginger
Fresh garlic
Ground black pepper
2 Bay leaves
2 slices of fresh lemon
... there are other Japanese ingredients I did not have and the result was equally good.

Procedure:
Marinate the tuna for 24 hours. turn the chunks round and round every now and then.

- Take the tuna out of the ingredients and dry it with a paper napkin.
- Pour a little bit of oil (sunflower or any not too tasty oil) on a pan and slightly fry the tuna chunks on every side (30 seconds each side on a very hot stove).
- Remove the tuna from the pan and place it in a bowl with cold water and ice to stop the cooking. There should be only a thin line around the chunks.
- Remove the tuna from the water and dry it again with a paper napkin.
- Paint the tuna with sesame oil and dip it in sesame seeds.
- Wrap the tuna chunks tight, one by one, in film and put them in the fridge for a while.
- After one hour you can slice the tuna.
- You can serve with soya sauce and deep it when you eat it.

This was my result...

 It is delicious!

Gaps...

For a long while I have not posted in this blog.
India, my beloved India, and my long stay made me forget about cooking and food. I did not have to cook while I was there even though I experienced so many flavours, colours, textures and tastes.

My age, contrary to working visas in India and a breast cancer brought me back to my country and started thinking about food once again but for different purposes. With my friend Neus Serra and her daughter we opened a mini NGO called GoodBites in collaboration with RDT-FVF to be able to collect money for thalassemia kids from the area of Anantapur in India.

We thought sharing a nice meal with friends was the best way to explain to people what we were planning to do. So from here I invite you to share this solidarity project which makes me active and fit as I develop a will to share more recipes (very, very healthy recipes!!) with all of you.