Skill: Medium
Serves: 1-2

Ingredients

Szechuan pepper squid

• 6 squid tubes
• 3 tentacles
• 1/2 tbsp szechuan pepper
• 1 tbsp black pepper
• 1 tbsp salt
• Approximately 1/4 cup flour for dusting

Salad

• 3-4 sweet peppers
• 2-3 leaves of romain lettuce
• 1/4 cup cucumber
• 1/4 cup chopped onions
• 1 seranno pepper
• 1-2 tbsp of chopped coriander
• Salt and pepper according to taste
• Lime juice according to taste

Steps

Szechuan pepper squid

• First we will prepare the spice misture to coat the squid. For this heat the szechuan pepper, black pepper and salt in a pan for a few minutes untill you smell the peppers. This helps bring out the flavours as well as makes it easier to grind as they lose moisture.
• Using a rolling pin or a dry spice grinder roughly grind the mixture and keep it aside. We will need it shortly.
• Cut the squid tubes into squares or rectangles. Don't worry about getting a perfect shape.
• At this stage you can slightly score one side of the squid in a criss-cross fashion. It helps them curl while frying and the pattern looks great when fried.
• Dry the squids with a paper towerl and lay them flat.
• Sprinkle the pepper mixture and some flour on top of it and shake the excess off. Turn around and do the same for the other side.
• Heat some oil in a beaker so that you have atleast 1 inch of oil to deep fry the squids.
• Fry the squid few pieces at a time for about 30-45 seconds.
• At this point you can have the squids as appetizers as well! Or keep reading to make a salad...

Salad

• While the above squid preparation can compliment a salad with your choice of ingredients, this is the combination we used.
• Chop all the ingredients mentioned user salad according to your liking.
• Add salt, pepper and lime juice and mix well.
• Serve the salad with the fried squid on top.