Preparation time is 40 minutes.
Ease of preparation is easy.
Preheat deep-fryer to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Yield: 4 appetizer servings
Ingredients
- 2-5 inch calamari squid tubes cut into ¼ inch slices
- 4 cups whole milk
- 2 cups rice flour
- ½ teaspoon each of cayenne and chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Vegetable oil for deep frying
Calamari Dip
- 6 cucumbers – peeled & seeded
- 3 litres yoghurt
- 60 grams onion – minced
- 60 grams ginger
- 2.5 millilitres salt
- 60 millilitres cumin
- 60 millilitres chilli powder
Directions
- Soak the calamari slices in the milk for at least 30 minutes.
- Toss the rings in a blend of rice flour, cayenne, chilli powder, garlic powder and salt.
- Deep-fry the calamari in vegetable oil for about 1 minute.
- Drain off oil & serve immediately!!
- For the dip, grate cucumber and place in cheesecloth.
- Squeeze out excess water.
- Add all remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Serve.