Curry Squid

Curry Squid with Okra

In Kuala Lumpur, this is one of the more popular night time cuisine that is served at the food stalls for seafood specialties. Of cause the barbecue fish (ikan bakar) is always the main course and than followed by curry squid, ginger stir fried manila clams or a bowl of clams blench with boiling hot water. Yesterday, I home cooked a plate of the curry squid (called curry sotong in Malaysia) and had it for dinner. I first simmer curry paste (curry powder with water) and curry leaves in a hot wok until the kitchen fills with the aroma of curry leaves.

Home Cooked Curry Squid

Then, add the cleaned squids onto the curry paste in the wok and allow the squid to simmer with the curry paste. Once the squid was cooked, throw in the cooked okra, which was earlier boiled in water. Mix everything evenly and wait till boil to transfer to a serving plate. Other than cooking curry with squid, this seafood is versatile. Just like most other seafoods which can be fried with batter, steamed or cooked with sauces, squids can be cooked with variety of recipes. But I have really missed this curry squid cuisine.