Squid with Chilli Sauce

Name: Squid with Chilli Sauce
Yield: Serves 4 Generously
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 5 cashew nuts, chopped; 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar; 6 fresh red chilli peppers, seeded and chopped; pinch of ground turmeric; 1 teaspoon brown sugar; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 3 tablespoons tamarind water; pinch of lemon grass powder; 1 kg (2 lb) squid–ask your fishmonger to clean and prepare the squid for you, otherwise read the notes opposite; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 6 shallots, chopped; pinch of ground cumin; salt

Preparation info

Serves
4
Generously

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Floyd on Oz

By Keith Floyd

Published 1991

About

Ingredients

1 kg (2 lb) squid–ask your fishmonger to clean and prepare the squid for you, otherwise read the notes opposite
1

Oceania
Australia
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

Cut the squid hood into small squares and the tentacles into 1 cm (½ pint) lengths. Rinse these in the vinegar, mixed with 600