Friday 2 August 2013

Squid Curry

 
Finally Zion is out of fever zone & is all charged up. These days he is so attached to me & walks along with me like my tail. I cant tell you that he even doesn't let me go for a bath or toilet:) At last I decided yesterday to have some "me" time while he was asleep. My hubby gave me a reward card & told me shop whatever you want:) Now that is like a super gift for a wife right? I reached the MRT & called one of my friends to say that I am shopping today. She & I have had so many good times shopping together in the past. Now she too is a new mommy so she hardly gets time to go out & have "me" time. Finally it worked for both of us:) We met at Raffels place had lunch together, did some window shopping, chit chatting & then shopped till evening in the malls. It was a great outing. More than shopping we enjoyed each others company. Its so much important to have this "me" time once in a while. Before having Zion I used to meet this friend almost every week & now its like once a month or once in 2 months kinds.


These days I am so lazy to blog but definitely not lazy to cook. I have been making so many new dishes but haven't had the time to upload any of those. Now today's post is a curry that I made some time ago. This is a simple style Mangalorean curry made with coconut milk. This is how my Mom makes most of the fish curry. A very tasty & easy curry to go well with everything be it rice or roti's. This is how I made it:
 
Ingredients:
  • 1 Kg cleaned & cut Squid
  • 2 Onions chopped
  • 2 Tomatoes Chopped
  • 1 Tbspn ginger garlic paste
  • 1.5 Tspn Cumin powder
  • 1.5 Tspn coriander powder
  • 1 Tspn chili powder
  • 1/4 Tspn turmeric powder
  • 1 Tbspn lemon juice
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1/4 tspn fenugreek seeds
  • curry leaves to garnish
  • 1/2  cup hot water
  • salt as per taste
  • 1/2 tspn sugar
  • 2 Tbspn coconut Oil
  • Coriander leaves to garnish
Directions:

  1. In a heavy bottom Pan, add oil fry fenugreek seeds, onions, ginger garlic paste until translucent
  2. Add curry leaves tomatoes & cook this until fat separation.
  3. Now add in all the Masala's mentioned above & saute for a minute.
  4. Add the cleaned squid into this & saute for 3 to 4 minutes.
  5. Now add in hot water, coconut milk , salt, sugar, lemon juice & bring this to a boil in low flame around 2 mins. Keep stirring or else the coconut milk will split
  6. Turn off the flame & garnish the dish with coriander leaves.

Note:
  1. I used coconut oil coz I use it for most of my seafood recipe to bring out the unauthentic Mangalorean flavour. You can use any other cooking oil if you want.
  2. I cut my squid in round shape & they look like small onion rings, Well you can cut it any shape you want. Make sure you have cleaned it well


 

13 comments:

  1. G'day! I never heard of squid curry before, true!
    Your recipe is now on my list to do! Thank you!
    Cheers! Joanne
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    1. Squid curry is quite common in mangalore & we make this often. Try & let me know if u liked it:)

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  2. Lovely curry sharon... I really agree vit u dat me time is so important but then due 2 work, I take my me time as my office time! Hehe...

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    1. Thx Raf:) for stay at home mom's "me" time is a desperation :)

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  3. I'm so glad your little one is on the mend - as a mum of four I can relate only too well!! lovely that you got a bit of time off!!! the curry looks SOOOOO delicious:)
    Mary x

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    1. Thx Mary:) hmm 4 kids & Iam sure u must be a super expert mom.

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  4. Apart from squid fry never tried them in curry, colour of the curry is just irresistible and inviting.

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    1. U must try the curry Priya it's flavor is amazing!

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  5. Glad your little one is doing good.
    I have never made squid or eaten them in any form. The curry looks so tasty.
    I agree totally about some alone time..we all need it for sanity purposes:).

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  6. I wish I can get a reward card from other half and do all the shopping I want. I only wish but that never happens. Lovely squid curry. My fear about squid is over cooked it but certainly I can see how just right in texture the squids are submerged in the spicy and tangy curry. Need to pull up my socks and try this curry.

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  7. Hi Sharon..for a working mom, a me time is very hard to find and that too with friends with whom u like to go out..
    Even when my son was small he would be my tail..lol..its just recent that he has become his dads tail. Lucky me.
    I love ur blog and have loads of recipe to try out. The clicks are very inviting and drool worthy..
    Would sure try ur curry aftr the fasting is over..looks delish

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  8. I have never tried making squid though i have had fried squids once and i gorged on them. Would love to try this delicious looking curry recipe of yours. thanks for sharing.

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