THAI SQUIDS SALAD

السلام عليكم
Peace be upon you

The last time I cooked this kind of dish, about half year ago. As I remembered, it was on fasting month, which is July 2013.

The fresh squid is the most important ingredient for this kind of salad. Fresh squid will produce delicious and crunchy salad.

Pictures kat bawah ni was taken on July 2013.

Ingredients

4 XL size squid tubes (cleaned)
1/2 cup of fish sauce*
1/2 cup of brown sugar (or for your liking)*
10 cloves garlic (finely chopped)*
1/4 cup lime juice*
3 stalks lemongrass (finely sliced)*
8-10 red bird's eye chillies (finely sliced and add more if you like spicy salad)*
1/4 cup of fresh coriander leaves (roughly chopped)
2 cups of water

Method

Clean the squid tubes by cutting through one side so that they lay flat as a single sheet. Score crossways on inside of tubes so that squid curls when cooked (pineapple cut). Cut in half lenghtways and then into strips about 1-1.5cm wide.

Meanwhile, boil water in a medium heavy bottomed sauce pan over medium heat. Once boiled, turn off the heat and add the squid into the hot water for a minute. Drain and put aside.

Mix well all the * ingredients and add in squids.

Garnish with coriander leaves and ready to serve.

Note : 

Celur sotong dalam air yang dah boiled tadi selama seminit sebab nak dapatkan tekstur sotong yang rangup.

(Do not over boiled the squids to maintain their freshness and crunch)

Love,

Honey