Preparation time
- Total: Approximately 45 minutes
- Preparation: 15 minutes
- Cooking: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 250 grams Squid - (Cleaned and cut into rings)
- 10 Shallots
- 2 Tomatoes
- 1/2 inch Ginger - grated
- 4 cloves Garlic - minced
- 3 sprig Curry leaves
- 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder (Dhania)
- 1 teaspoon Red Chilli powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
- 1 teaspoon Fennel seeds (Saunf)
- 1 teaspoon Whole Black Peppercorns
- 1/2 teaspoon Meat masala
- 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- 1 tablespoon Coconut Oil
Instructions
- To begin making Calamari Roast Recipe (Kerala Style Squid), in a pressure cooker, take cleaned squid rings with turmeric, salt and ¼ cup water
- Pressure cook for 1 whistle
- Lower the flame and cook for 10 minutes
- In a pan, dry roast fennel and black pepper for a minute
- Move it to the blender
- Add meat masala along with fennel and black pepper and make a fine powder
- In a blender, coarsely blend together shallots, ginger and garlic
- Heat oil in a pan
- (Preferably cook in an earthenware for that extra flavour and aroma) Add mustard seeds and allow them to splutter
- Once they splutter, add the shallot-ginger-garlic mix in and stir well
- Tear the curry leaves and add them in the pan
- You can add in the whole sprig too
- Stir and cook well on medium heat till the onions turn translucent
- Now add chopped tomatoes
- Cook till the tomatoes have softened
- Mash the tomatoes nicely
- Now add chilli powder, coriander powder and mix well for 30 seconds
- Add the cooked squid from the pressure cooker
- If there is any water add that in too
- Do not discard this since a unique taste is delectable in the stock
- Mix well
- Keep mixing at intervals till the water has evaporated a little
- You neither want a gravy consistency nor should it be very dry
- Now add fennel, black pepper, meat masala in
- Mix properly
- Adjust the salt
- Serve Calamari Roast Recipe (Kerala Style Squid) as a side dish along with Malabari Parotta Without Egg Recipe, Steamed Rice and Kerala Style Vegetable Stew Recipe with Coconut Milk and Meen Varuthathu Recipe | Kerala Style Fish Fry for a complete spicy treat on a weekend with family
Other informations
The table below shows servings values and other necessary informations.
- Servings
- Cuisine
- Course
- Diet
- 4
- Kerala Recipes
- Side Dish
- Non Vegeterian