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Fried Calamari / Squid

Ingredients

Calamari / Squid – 500 gm cut into rings

Corn flour – 3/4 cup

Ginisa flavour seasoning mix – 1 sachet (Filipino seasoning)

Chilly powder – 1/2 tsp

Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp

Salt – to taste

Egg – 1 beaten

Bread crumbs – as needed

Oil – for frying

Method

Clean the squid and squeeze all the water out of it.  Mix all the mentioned ingredients in a bowl without adding water.   Add the squid rings and coat them well with the flour mixture.  Dip each squid ring in egg and coat with the bread crumbs.  Deep fry the rings in two or three batches on a medium flame, until golden brown.  Lip-smacking ‘Fried Calamari / Squid’ can be served as a snack or a side dish.  Enjoy with your loved ones!

Any kind of dip or sauce in not needed for this fried squid, it is so tasty on its own.

Crushed Maggi chicken cube can be used instead of Ginisa flavouring (available in Filipino or Asian supermarkets).

 

Lissie: A daughter, wife, mother, sister, and a mother-in-law. A post graduate, housewife, business woman and a missionary.