Stir-fried turmeric squid

Name: Stir-fried turmeric squid
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Malay
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon ground turmeric; 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 4 teaspoons Satay Spice Paste; 500 g/1 lb cleaned squid tubes (see Note); 2 teaspoons sweet soy sauce/kecap manis; 2 teaspoons sweet soy sauce/kecap manis; 20 ml/¾ fl oz Tamarind Liquid; 20 ml/¾ fl oz vegetable oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Stir

By Christine Manfield

Published 2001

About

Ingredients

500 g/1 lb cleaned squid tubes (see Note)
4 teaspoons

Australian
Asia
Oceania
Indonesia
Malaysia
Australia
Fish course
Pescatarian
Southeast Asia

Method

Split squid tubes in half lengthwise and cut into strips 2.5 cm/1 in wide. Carefully score inner flesh diagonally.
Mix satay spice paste with garlic and turmeric and marinate squid in this for 30 minutes.
Heat oil in a wok or cast-iron pan and fry squid over high heat for 1 minute, or until it begins to curl.
Add tamarind liquid and sweet so