and serve hot straight away, with the garnishes strewn on top. This tuna dish is good for eating with bakmie goreng (fried noodles), pasta or just a mixed salad.

Tongkol, or tuna, which the people of Minahasa in North Sulawesi call ambu-ambu, is one of the fish that, in that region, is often cooked as rica-rica. This simply means ‘with lots of chillies’.