Calamari has always been one of my favorites to eat but I am not very expert at bringing out the flavors of the dish I usually like. While on an experimental shopping spree, I picked up some fresh calamari and thought to give this a try. Last time I tried with frozen calamari and it definitely felt like tasting rubber rather than its very subtle flavor.
Not one to give up, I thought well, how bad can this get.. 
PS : So just to let you know, I belong to and come from a place where any sea food that we know of is only tinned. The nearest sea food we come across is Hilsa.. which is part river and part sea fish..
My experience from the North east part of the country is limited to making river fish. Am not very good at Sea food.. I usually stick to Mackarel Fry which I will post up sometime and Steamed Sardines with mustard.
Anyway, here I go with my amateur steps…
Ingredients
- 316 gms Calamari – cleaned and cut into tubes ( I have not used the tentacles )
- 1 cup all purpose floor
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1tsp – oregano
- oil to deep fry – ( I took a big cup)
- lemon for garnishing
Method
- Heat the oil in a pan.
- Rinse the cut tubes in cold water and pat them dry with a paper towel.
- In a Bowl, add the flour, chilli powder, oregano, ground black pepper, and salt.
- Mix it well and then coat the squid tubes this mixture in batches. Make sure that the squid is dabbed dry before coating it with the flour.
- Add this coated squid to the heated oil and fry them for a minute.
- Remove from oil and drain the oil out by placing it in a paper towel.
- You can squeeze lemon over it before serving it.
You can serve them as light appetizers.
Enjoy..
