Maasi Karuvadu – Dried Skipjack Tuna

What is Maasi Karuvadu – Dried Skipjack Tuna?

Maasi Karuvadu is a traditional Rameshwaram karuvadu — fish that's salted and sun-dried whole or in cut pieces, with very few bones, typical of a large tuna cut. It's commonly known in English as dried skipjack tuna. It's known for a smoky, intensely savory flavor and a texture that's dense and meaty.

Like all our karuvadu, Maasi Karuvadu comes from the day's catch on the Rameshwaram coast: cleaned by hand the same day, lightly salted with sea salt, and dried in the open sun with no chemical whiteners or preservatives. How we make our karuvadu

Product details

Category

Daily Essentials

Texture

dense and meaty

Bone note

very few bones, typical of a large tuna cut

Ingredients

Fresh Maasi (Skipjack Tuna), Sea Salt

Preparing Maasi Karuvadu – Dried Skipjack Tuna

Remove any unwanted portions, rinse away surface salt and loose particles, and drain thoroughly. A short soak can help with thicker or tougher pieces; small fish often need only a careful wash. Taste a cooked piece before adding extra salt to the recipe. Step by step: how to clean karuvadu and how to reduce the salt.

Used in small amounts as a flavour base. Grate or pound it for sambal and poriyal; it is not soaked like other karuvadu.

Salted, sun-dried skipjack tuna in the same tradition as Maldivian "Maldive fish" — dense, smoky, and intensely savory. Used sparingly as a condiment rather than a main dish. It works especially well for sambal, poriyal.