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- Cuisine: Modern Asian
- Serves 4
Featured as part of our Cooks and their Books series, this recipe comes courtesy of Martin Boetz, head chef and co-owner of Longrain restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne, and author of Longrain: Modern Thai Food.
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Ingredients
8 cups vegetable oil
250 g (8 oz) cleaned cuttlefish or squid
100 g (31⁄2 oz) tapioca flour, for dusting
1 quantity Salt & Pepper Mix
Lemon or lime wedges
Sweet Soy & Ginger Dressing
Coriander leaves
Batter
100 g (31⁄2 oz) rice flour
100 g (31⁄2 oz) glutinous rice flour
100 g (31⁄2 oz) tapioca flour
200 ml (7 fl oz) soda water
Preparation
To make the batter
Sift all the flours into a bowl, then slowly whisk in the soda water to make a thick creamy consistency like pouring cream.
Heat the oil in a wok or a suitably large pan until just smoking.
Score the underside of the cuttlefish in a cross-hatch pattern, then cut into 5 mm ( 1⁄8 in) strips. Dip the cuttlefish into the flour to dust, then into the batter.
Holding onto one end of the cuttlefish, dip half of it into the hot oil for 10 seconds. Then let it fall into the oil. This way, the cuttlefish will not stick to the bottom of the pan and instead will float immediately back to the surface. Fry until the batter turns a light golden colour, 4–5 minutes, then remove and drain on absorbent paper.
Continue until all the cuttlefish are done. Dust with the Salt & Pepper Mix.
Place on a serving plate with lemon or lime wedges and a small bowl of the dressing. Garnish with coriander.
If you enjoyed this Salt & pepper cuttlefish with sweet soy recipe then browse more Thai recipes, Modern Asian recipes, appetiser recipes, seafood recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.
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| 2. | The Chairman and Yip | City | |
| 3. | Timmy's Kitchen | Manuka | |
| 4. | Taste of Asia | North Hobart | |
| 5. | Viet Hoa | Perth | |
| 6. | Petaluma's Bridgewater Mill | Bridgewater | |
| 7. | House of Chow | Adelaide | |
| 8. | Imperial Peking | St Peters | |
| 9. | Indochina Thai Restaurant | Unley | |
| 10. | Phuket | Glenelg |
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