Crispy Squid

Ingredients

To Marinade

• 1kg Squid, gutted and cleaned

• 15ml Lime Juice

• 12g Salt

• 40g Ginger & Garlic paste (60% ginger and 40% garlic blended together with a teaspoon of water and oil)

Flour mix – to fry

• 30g Plain flour

• 15g Corn flour

• 15g Rice flour

• 5g Salt

• 5g Cracked black pepper

Spice mix

• 5g Chilli flakes

• 5g Chunky chat masala

• 10g Cracked black pepper

• 10g Sweet paprika

• 10g Cumin seeds

• 10g Coriander seeds

• 5g Salt

Method

To prep

1. Cut the squid into batons or rings

2. Marinate the Squid with lime juice, 10g of salt and the garlic and ginger paste

3. Set aside for 15-20 minutes

To make the Spice Mix

1. Toast the coriander seeds and cumin seeds separately and then grind into a coarse powder

2. Add in the chilli flakes, chunky chat masala, cracked black pepper, sweet paprika and salt and mix well

To Fry

1. Add all the spices into the flour mix and stir well

2. Dust the squid in the flour. Mix nicely, spreading evenly onto each baton of the squid

3. Deep fry the squid until crisp

4. Toss the fried squid with the spice mix and garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves

5. Leave to cool then ready to serve