Cooking With Love:Squid Thoran

Squid Thoran is a popular Indian dish from Kerala, India. Thoran means a dish cooked with coconut. This special dish offers squid cooked with spices and coconut, will definitely turn as your family's favourite dish.

Serving for 3-4 people

Ingredients:
500gm squid, cleaned and cut in rings
2 tsp turmeric powder
1 large onion, cut small
5 cloves of garlic crushed
3x3cm ginger crushed
1 tomato diced
10 curry leaves
1 tbsp fennel seeds
A lime size tamarind dissolved in 150mls of water
2 tbsp coriander powder
1 tbsp fennel powder
1 tbsp cumin powder
1 tsp crushed black pepper
1 tbsp curry powder
5 dry chilli, roasted and coarsely blended
5 tbsp half roasted desiccated coconut
salt as per taste
5 tbsp of coconut oil

Methods:

1. Marinate the cleaned squid with turmeric for about 30minutes.
2. Heat coconut oil in the wok and drop the fennel seeds, followed by crushed ginger and garlic.
3. Then add onion, curry leaves and tomato, allow 2 minutes to cook.
4. Squeeze the excess water from squid and place them in the wok.
5. You will be able to see more water releases from the squid while it cooking so just keep whirling so it doesn't burn for about 15minutes.
6. Next, add in the fennel, cumin, curry and coriander powder with some salt.
7. Drizzle the tamarind water and continue whirling for another 15minutes or till the contents thicken.
8. Now let in the blended dry chilli and crushed black pepper powder; you may adjust the spiciness as per your preference.
9. Finally.add the desiccated coconut before let stove off.
10. Serve while hot with rice, bread or glutinous rice.

Tips:

• Apart from marinating squid with turmeric, a few drizzles of lemon juice may be squeezed to add flavour.
• Tamarind water helps to eliminate the squid smell.
• The spices allow the dish to remain fresh even for days in the fridge; you may microwave or heat prior to consumption.
• Coconut oil is ideal for a health-conscious person.

Wonders is made from wok by a skilled hand!