Sunday, July 23, 2006

Grilled Squid with Grapefruit Salad


Ingredients:
15 pieces small round squid (sotong katak)


Marinade:
2 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp coarsely ground black pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced


Dipping sauce:
2 coriander roots, scraped and cleaned
5 bird?s eye chillies
4 cloves garlic, peeled
1 tbsp fish sauce
3?4 tbsp lime juice
Pinch of salt
1 ? tbsp sugar or to taste


Grapefruit Salad:
1 bunch mint leaves
1/4 cucumber, shredded
1 red chilli, seeded and julienned
1 grapefruit, peeled and segmented
1 stalk lemon grass (whiter part only),finely sliced
2 kaffir lime leaves, finely sliced
3 stalks coriander leaves, coarselychopped


Method:

1)Clean squids well and toss in marinade.
2)Tread squids on to skewers.
3)Heat a barbecue pit or grill, and place the squids on it to grill until just cooked through.
4)Place the squids in a mixing bowl, and add grapefruit salad ingredients. 5)Toss ingredients to mix well, then place on a serving plate.
6)Drizzle dipping sauce over it.

To make the dipping sauce:
Blend bird?s eye chillies, coriander roots and garlic in a food processor until paste-like. Add salt, sugar, lime juice and fish sauce to taste.

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