Calamari

Calamari is a plural form, from Italian word Calamaro which means squid used as food. Fried Calamari is one of the most popular restaurant food, it can be finger food or starters/appetizers depends on how you treat it. Most of the people eating calamari have no idea that they are eating squid. Why? Not so long ago, I ordered on a restaurant a calamari. I was surprised when I got my food, it actually looks like some sort of onion rings and there is no tentacle in sight. I called the waiter and insist that I ordered a calamari and not onion rings and he said that it was really a calamari but without the tentacles. So, why do we need to know that calamari is squid? That's because compare to onion rings calamari has a low fat, high in protein and is excellent source of vitamin B12. It is very important that we need to know what we are eating, and if you agree with me why don't we try cooking one for ourselves today.

The ingredients that we will be needing are:

100g/4oz plain flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, beaten
175ml/6fl oz soda or sparkling
mineral water
600ml/1pt vegetable oil for
deep-frying
450g/1lb cleaned and prepared
squid, cut into rings

The procedure:

Sift the flour and salt together into a bowl. Add the eggs and half the soda or 
mineral water, and whisk together until smooth. Gradually whisk in the remaining 
soda water until the batter is smooth.

Fill a deep heavy saucepan about one-third full with oil. Heat the oil until a cube 
of bread browns in 30 seconds.

Dip the squid rings into the batter, a few at a time. Carefully drop into
the hot oil. Fry for 1–2 minutes until crisp and golden. Drain on kitchen
paper, and serve immediately.

Enjoy!