Tuna steaks with sweet pepper and caper topping

4 servings Prep: 40 mins, Cooking: 20 mins
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By Food24 June 09 2010
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Ingredients (15)

4 tuna — steaks
20 ml lemon juice — fresh
20 ml fresh chillies — 573
black pepper — freshly ground
Ingredients for the topping:
25 ml fresh chillies — 573
5 ml vegetable oil
1 onion — peeled and cubed
2 cloves garlic — cloves, peeled and crushed
30 ml fresh chillies — minced
10 ml cumin — ground
1 red pepper — deseeded and cubed
30 ml fresh dill — chopped
30 ml lemon juice
25 ml capers
salt and freshly ground black pepper — to taste
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Method:

Mix the lemon juice and olive oil.

Ground some black pepper onto the tuna steaks.

Baste the tuna with the lemon-olive oil mixture and leave for 40 minutes to marinade.

Heat the oils in a pan over medium heat.

Add the onion and fry until soft.

Add the garlic, chilies and cumin and fry until fragrant.

Add the sweet pepper, dill, lemon juice and capers and season with salt and black pepper.

Cook over low heat for 10 minutes.

Heat some oil in a griddle pan and fry the tuna on both sides according to your preference.

Top with the topping and serve immediately with cooked baby potatoes, potato mash or chips and a salad.

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