Crispy Cuttlefish Recipe

Crispy Cuttlefish Recipe

Ingredients:

500 gm cuttlefish - cleaned and cut into 2
2 tbsp curry powder
8 shallots - ground finely
60 ml coconut milk - from ½ grated coconut
1 egg
½ tsp salt
4 tbsp corn flour
Oil for deep frying

Method:

1. Marinate cuttlefish with curry powder, shallots, egg, salt and coconut milk for 1 hour.
2. Add in the corn flour and mix well.
3. Heat oil and deep fry the cuttlefish until brown and cooked.
4. Drain well and serve.

Stuffed Cuttlefish Recipe

Ingredients:
30 cuttlefish, medium size
1 coconut — extract 2 cups thick milk
3 cloves garlic
1 cup glutinous rice
4 pieces palm sugar (or 100 gms brown sugar)
Toothpicks

Method:
1. Clean the cuttlefish and remove the black liquid. Separate the head from the body.
2. Clean the rice and soak for 20 minutes. Drain.
3. Stuff the cuttlefish with this rice and replace the head using a toothpick so that the rice filling will not spill out.
4. Arrange the stuffed cuttlefish in a deep pot and pour 2 cups thick coconut milk into the pot.
5. Add in palm sugar and sliced garlic.
6. Cook over a medium fire until the gravy is thick and the glutinous rice cooked.
7. Remove from fire and serve hot.