Baraboa Mas-huni ( Pumpkin and Tuna Sambol)

When growing up I hated pumpkin. Although nowadays I have started to enjoy it. My hubby teases me a lot because of it , as I once told him I hate pumpkins and butternuts  and now he  goes, "so you don't like pumpkin huh?"  Mas huni is a fish sambal or a type of salad, a mixture of onions, fresh coconut, chillies and smoked tuna, although you can use canned tuna.
A vegetable of some sort is added, usually a local one,such as kopee fai, aubergine and in this case, pumpkin. I prefer to use pumpkin to butternut as I feel pumpkin goes much better with savoury dishes.

Recipe: Baraboa Mas huni

150g cooked and mashed pumpkin
1/4- 1/2 scotch bonnet or 2 chillies thinly sliced
1 small onion, thinly sliced into thin moons
1 can (180g) tuna, drained and flaked ( or 1 large fillet ( about 125) smoked tuna)
1/2 cup grated coconut
1 lime, halved
salt

I know I said 1 can, and it shows two here, in this house if I open a can of tuna, half gets eaten by the boys before I can use it 😄

Place the onions into a bowl, with a pinch of salt and juice of 1/2 lime. Using your fingertips, squish the onions around so they become soft and release their juices.

Add in the chilli ( you are going to need some gloves now) and mix again. Mix in the tuna.

Taste and add salt and remaining lime juice if needed. Carefully mix in the pumpkin, then the coconut. Taste again, adjust salt and lime juice.

Serve with flatbread.