How to Eat Tuna like an Egyptian

With the simplest ingredients you can spice up the taste of ordinary food like tuna. It isn’t even a real recipe! All you have to do is add spices. In Egypt we never eat plain tuna... we always make it spicier.

Ingredients:
1- One can of tuna.
2- Salt.
3- Cumin powder.
4- Chili powder.
5- Lemon juice.
Spice to taste.

Preparation: 
1- Drain the oil from the tuna.
2- In a mixing bowl, mix the tuna with the spices and two teaspoon of lemon juice and it is done .

The second recipe is tuna with tahini paste. It is for good for sandwiches and it takes few minutes to make!

Ingredients : 
1- One can of tuna.
2- 1/4 cup of tahini.
3- One tablespoon of chopped garlic.
4- Two tablespoon of lemon juice.
5- Few tablespoons of water.
6- Salt, to taste.
7- Cumin, to taste.
8- One green bell pepper, chopped to small pieces.
9- One onion, chopped to small pieces.
10- Fresh cilantro.

Preparation: 
1- In a mixing bowl, mix tahini paste with water, stir well to make tahini thinner.
2- Add the garlic, onion, green pepper, lemon juice and cilantro and mix well.
3- Add the tuna and spices and mix.

The third recipe is green salad tuna. It is very light to the stomach, plus it tastes very good.
Ingredients : 
1- One can of tuna.
2- One tomato
3- One onion
4- One cucumber
5- One teaspoon of salt
6- One teaspoon of lemon juice

Preparation: 
Cut the vegetables to small pieces and add the salt and lemon juice, then the tuna. Mix it well and it is ready.

Be-alhana we Al-shafa!

Tuna Pizza

My mom used to make tuna pizza for us every week. We absolutely loved it and used to wait for the weekend to have it. This actually my favorite type of pizza, when I make and take a bite it always brings back the good old memories!

Ingredients:
1- Two cups of all purpose flour.
2- One tablespoon of instant yeast.
3- Half  teaspoon salt.
4- half  teaspoon sugar.
5- One tablespoon of plain yogurt.
6- One tablespoon of olive oil.
7- A cup of water.

For the topping:
1- A can of tuna, drained.
2- Green and black olives, diced.
3- Tomato paste.
4- Cheddar cheese, shredded.  

Preparations: 
1- In a mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients well.
2- Add yogurt and mix gently. Add olive oil and mix.
3- Add the water slowly and knead well.
4- Flour the surface of a wooden board, transfer the dough to the board and keep kneading until the dough is soft and doesn't stick to your hand.
5- Cover the dough with a towel for 30 minutes to rise.
6- preheat the oven to 200 degree Celsius.
7- On a floured surface roll the dough with a rolling pin.
8- Transfer the dough to the pizza oven tray.
9- Spread the tomato paste on the dough.
10- Top it with tuna and olives.
11- Cover the top with cheddar cheese.
12- Bake in the oven for 15-17 minutes.

Bl-hana we Al-shafa