Fishwife Recipes — squid

There isn’t much that beats crispy squid, especially with the enhanced flavours of ginger, chilli, sweet baby spring onions and garlic!  If you have a deep fryer at home this would be ideal, however, for those of you who don’t you can fry in a wok or pot on the stove.  Just make sure that your oil is hot enough to allow the tempura batter to crisp and turn a delicious golden brown. Optimum temperature is about 180 degrees.  When the squid is cooked it should float to the top.  A handy tip for working with hot oil on the...

Squid is simply delicious, but who knew that such a small little creature of the ocean could hold such wonderful health benefits for our diet as it is loaded in the Vitamin B’s: Vitamin B2: The plentiful quantities of Vitamin B2 found in squid can lower migraines.  Vitamin B3: This fabulous vitamin helps to stabilise sugar levels in the blood. Vitamin B12: Here’s to a healthy heart with Vitamin B12 (riboflavin), which is known to lower homocysteine levels in the body, preventing the rate of strokes and heart attacks. So here is a simple recipe to quickly pan fry all these fabulous...