Curry Leaf Calamari

Cooking Time

Ingredients

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Ingredients For The Calamari

  • g Fresh Calamari cut into strips
  •   2 Tbsp Cornflour
  •   2 Tbsp Paprika or Red chilli powder

For the Sauce

  • ml Vegetable oil
  • g Ginger chopped
  • g Oyster Sauce
  • g Sugar
  • g Black Peppercorns coarse
  • ml Water
  • g Curry leaves fried
  • g Roasted cumin seeds
  • g White wine vinegar
  • g Chopped fresh coriander

For the sprinkle

  • g Chat Masala
  •   Curry Leaves – a few sprigs

Method

  • 1

    Step 1

    Heat the oil in a saucepan and sauté the ginger till soft. Add the water and bring it to boil then add the sugar and black peppercorns. Once the sugar dissolves, add the oyster sauce followed by the vinegar, cumin seeds and curry leaves and cook till thick.
  • 2

    Step 2

    Dust the calamari in cornflour and paprika powder and fry on a high heat to get a crispy texture. Place it on a kitchen towel.
  • 3

    Step 3

    Heat the sauce in a wok on high heat and stir fry the calamari and add the coriander leaves. Serve hot on a plate and sprinkle chat masala and curry leaves on top.

Ingredients

  • 400 g Fresh Calamari cut into strips
  • 2 Tbsp Cornflour
  • 2 Tbsp Paprika or Red chilli powder
  • 50 ml Vegetable oil
  • 30 g Ginger chopped
  • 400 g Oyster Sauce
  • 100 g Sugar
  • 7 g Black Peppercorns coarse
  • 650 ml Water
  • 8 g Curry leaves fried
  • 7 g Roasted cumin seeds
  • 20 g White wine vinegar
  • 5 g Chopped fresh coriander
  • 10 g Chat Masala
  • Curry Leaves – a few sprigs