Fried Squid

Ingredients:

• 300 g squid, cut into pieces
• oil for frying
• 1 tablespoon sea salt
• 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
• 75 g cornflour
• 1 red chile, very thinly sliced,seeds and all
• 2 green onions, cut into 1 cm pieces

Cooking Steps:

1. Clean the squids and cut them into pieces.
2. Heat up the oil.
3. Place the sea salt and the peppercorns in a pestle and mortar and crush coarsely together.
4. Stir in the cornflour, then toss with the squid to coat.
5. Cook the chillies and salad onions in the hot oil for 30 seconds then scoop them out with a mesh spoon and drain on kitchen paper.
6. Cook the squid for 2 minutes until it rolls up and turns crisp and lightly golden.
7. Transfer the squid to a plate, scatter over the crispy chilli and salad onions and serve with soy sauce for drizzling and lemon wedges for squeezing over.