Tuna tartare with avocado, orange tobikko and yuzu sesame dressing

Tuna tartare with avocado, orange tobikko and yuzu sesame dressing

Recipes serves 1 portion

FOR THE TUNA TARTARE

Ingredients quantity
Sashimi grade tuna (cut into dice) 70gm
Avocado (peeled, pitted, diced) 30gm
Cucumber (cut into rounds) 15gm
Tanuki (tempura flakes) 2gm
Flex seeds 2gm
White sesame seed 1gm
Spring onion chop 5gm
Tobikko 3gm
Yuzu sesame dressing (see recipe) 5ml
Siracha mayo (see recipe) 15gm

FOR THE TANUKI (TEMPURA FLAKES)

Ingredients quantity
Tempura flour 100gm
Frying oil 1 ltr
Ice water 150ml

FOR THE YUZU SEASAME DRESSING

Ingredients quantity
Yuzu juice 80ml
Black sesame seed powder 100gm
Salad oil 550ml
Yuzu khosho 10gm
Sugar syrup 30gm
Dark soya 20ml

FOR THE SIRACHA MAYO

Ingredients quantity
Siracha sauce 10gm
Lemon juice 5ml
Sesame oil 5ml
Dark soya 10ml
Japanese mayonnaise 5gm

METHOD

FOR TUNA TARTARE
Make the tartare: toss the diced tuna with siracha mayonnaise and keep aside for a minute.
Toss the avocado with lemon juice and yuzu sesame for a minute in a separate bowl.

FOR TANUKI FLAKES
Heat the oil in a medium sauce pan. Make the tempura batter with mixing the ingredients .once the temperature reaches to 160 degrees add the batter into the oil and take it out once the batter is cooked with the help of Ami (oil strainer).

FOR THE YUZU SEASAME DRESSING
Mix all the ingredients together and keep it in the refrigerator for use.

FOR THE SIRACHA MAYO
Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and keep it aside in a fridge.

TO ASSEMBLE
Arrange all the cucumbers slices into the plate. Mold the tuna and avocado using a tartlet ring or cube mould. Add some tanuki, flex seeds and white sesame between the layers of tuna and avocado. Cover the tuna with spring onion and then tobikko. Lift off the ring and add some dressing on the side.

Rinku Madan

Rinku Madan, an acclaimed Gourmand in India, recently completed her studies in Global Journalism at the Harvard University, Massachusetts (Grade A Honors) with the objective to pursue her writing skills in the area of Global Luxury. She had earlier studied at the French Culinary Institute in New York (an affiliate of Culinary Institute of America) to certify in the arena of Food Writing.