<h1>Ingredients</h1>
<p><img src="/assets/blog/recipes/basil-squid-and-rice.jpg" alt="Basil squid"></p>
<p>Skill: Medium<br>
Serves: 2</p>
<h2>Basil paste</h2>
<ul>
<li>1 cup basil leaves</li>
<li>1 hot green pepper</li>
<li>1 Garlic cloves</li>
<li>1/2 cup water</li>
</ul>
<h2>Gravy</h2>
<ul>
<li>2 tbsp oil</li>
<li>2 garlic cloves</li>
<li>2 Thai red chilli</li>
<li>Salt and pepper</li>
</ul>
<h1>Steps</h1>
<ul>
<li>With the help of a grinder make a fine paste of all the ingredients required for basil paste.</li>
<li>Heat some oil in a pan and add garlic and Thai red chillies. Saute them for a bit.</li>
<li>Then add the squid and lightly saute. You don't want the squid to brown.</li>
<li>Now add the basil paste to the sqiud mixture in the pan and mix well.</li>
<li>At this step add salt and pepper according to taste.</li>
<li>Cover and cook for 10-15 min until basil is cooked and all the flavours are combined.</li>
<li>At this moment you can either reduce it to have a thick sauce or add some water to achieve your desired consistency.</li>
<li>This dish is best served with warm rice. You can garnish it with some Thai red chillies.</li>
</ul>
