Kerala Koonthal Kurumulaku Roast/ Squid Pepper Fry/ Kanava(calamari) pepper fry

               
                     If you are the one turned head back on seeing squid before cooking, then same pinch. It was my first time I had seen kanava/squid before cooking. Got it from my friend who lives in Rameshwaram. The tube structure was just out of my imagination. I am not a child now, waiting for my mother to clean and cook, this was my mind voice. I am heading a family now, so I started to clean. Any ingredient, if you fry will never let you down. According to me, adding more pepper to any non-veg item will surely make it fool proof.

Prep Time 10-15 mins
Cooking Time 10-15 mins

Ingredients
To marinate for 10 minutes
1 cup Squid/ Kanava (spine removed and cleaned)

1-2 tsp Pepper Powder

1/2 tsp Chili Powder

1/4 tsp Turmeric powder

As per taste Salt

To grind and Make paste
8-10 pods of Garlic

1 inch Ginger

1  Green Chilly (optional)

To Saute 

1-2 tbsp SesameOil/ Gingelly oil (preferable)

2 tsp Mustard seeds

2 tbsp Curry leaves chopped

To Garnish

1 tbsp Coriander leaves chopped

Procedure

• Clean the squid. And then cut it.
• Make a course paste of ginger and garlic.
• Now add some oil in kadai, once it is hot add the mustard seeds. After it splutters add the curry leaves.
• Then add the coarsely grinded ginger-garlic paste, saute till the raw smell goes off.
• Now add the chopped squid. Allow it to cook by adding salt and little turmeric, once it is half cooked add pepper powder. After 2 minutes add the chilly powder. Check in between whether it has been cooked.
• Turn off the flame.
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

                   The squid pepper fry is ready.