Name: Tuna salad with zucchini, radish and sesame dressing
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 350 gm sashimi-grade tuna, cut into 3cm pieces; 1 tbsp light soy sauce; 2 tsp sesame oil; 2 zucchini, spiralised or cut into julienne; 1 cup very thinly sliced red cabbage; 12 radishes, halved lengthways; Sunflower seeds and pepitas, to serve; Sesame dressing; 75 ml light soy sauce; 50 ml lime juice; 50 ml olive oil; 2½ tsp hulled tahini; 1 tsp finely grated ginger

Tuna salad with zucchini, radish and sesame dressing

Take tuna salad up a level with a version that combines sashimi, seeds and raw zucchini with a tahini-soy dressing to bind it all together.

Ingredients

350 gm sashimi-grade tuna, cut into 3cm pieces

1 tbsp light soy sauce

2 tsp sesame oil

2 zucchini, spiralised or cut into julienne

1 cup very thinly sliced red cabbage

12 radishes, halved lengthways

Sunflower seeds and pepitas, to serve

Sesame dressing

75 ml light soy sauce

50 ml lime juice

50 ml olive oil

2½ tsp hulled tahini

1 tsp finely grated ginger

Method

1.Toss tuna, soy sauce and oil in a bowl and season to taste.

2.For sesame dressing, whisk ingredients in a bowl and season to taste.

3.Toss zucchini in a little dressing and divide among plates. Top with tuna mixture, then toss cabbage and radishes in a little dressing and scatter over the top. Sprinkle sunflower seeds and pepitas and spoon over extra dressing to serve.

Drink suggestion: Dry junmai sake. Drink suggestion by Max Allen.
Notes

Recipe / styling by Lisa Featherby

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