The Best Hot Butter Cuttlefish/Calamari/Squid
Channel: Ivanga KD
Date: 2020-07-12

Serves 8-10

Ingredients

 • 1kg of Cuttlefish/Squid/Calamari, scored and sliced into rings
 • 2tsp Salt
 • 2 Egg Whites
 • 300g Cornflour
 • 1/2tsp of Turmeric Powder
 • Sunflower/Vegetable Oil to deep fry
 • 100g of Unsalted Butter
 • 3 or 4 Dried Red Chillies split through middle
 • 3 or 4 cloves of Garlic, finely chopped
 • 2tbsp Chilli Paste
 • 1tsp of sugar
 • 2tbsp ketchup
 • 2 Green Capsicums/Chilli sliced diagonally
 • Few sprigsof Spring Onions, sliced
 • 2 handful of cashew nuts, lightly toasted


Method

1. Add salt into egg whites, and then add the cuttlefish, and mix well, ensuring all the pieces have been coated.
2. Whisk turmeric powder and cornflour together, and then coat cuttlefish piece by piece in the cornflour mixture.
3. Bring to the heat oil, and deep fry cuttlefish until golden. Transfer onto kitchen towels to drain excess oil.
4. In a pan/wok, melt butter, and then dried red chillies and garlic
5. Once garlic. Starts to become golden, add the chilli paste and sugar and stir until butter takes on a dark red colour.
6. Then transfer fried cuttlefish, and toss to ensure all pieces are coated. Then add ketchup and mix once more.
7. Then add capsicums, spring onions, and cashew nuts, and mix well. Serve whilst still warm.

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