Phla Pla Meuk

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 300 g fresh squid
• 2 tablespoons finely sliced hot chili powder
• 3 tablespoons finely sliced shallots
• 3 tablespoons finely sliced lemongrass
• 1 teaspoon finely sliced kaffir lime leaf
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 3 1/2 tablespoons lime juice

Recipe

• 1 remove the inedible portions of the squid.
• 2 wash well.
• 3 score the flesh in a fish-scale pattern.
• 4 cut into pieces one inch wide and 2 inches long.
• 5 immerse the squid in boiling water until done.
• 6 drain.
• 7 mix the fish sauce and lime juice together.
• 8 add the lemon grass shallot, kaffir lime leaf and chillies.
• 9 stir very gently to avoid bruising.
• 10 add the squid gently in the sauce and then put the squid and sauce up on to a plate.