Grilled Squids with Spicy Seafood Dip

This dish is a tribute to my homesickness. Every year, I would go back to Thailand at least once a year. And in some years, more than 3 - 5 times a year. But because of the locked down, I think it will be over a year until I could go back there again. ☹️

There are so many foods in my “MUST EAT” list when going back home. One of it is seafood. I mean kilos of supper fresh and of all types of seafood, cooked as per order. And grilled squid with Thai seafood dip is always included in my order. 😁

Ingredients:

To clean the squids

~ A handful of salt

~ 2 cups vinegar 

~ soda water

Squids marinate

~ 2 large squids

~ 4 tbsp dark soy sauce

~ 1 tbsp turmeric powder

~ 500 ml. water 

Dip

~ 3 tbsp lime juice

~ fresh chili, minced

~ 2 tbsp garlic, minced

~ 1 whole pickle garlic, minced (optional)

~ 3-5 coriander roots (optional) / 5 stems coriander, minced 

~ 1 tbsp fish sauce

~ 1/2 tbsp palm sugar / sugar / cooking syrup

~ 1/2 tbsp salt

How to:

✔️ Clean the squids by rubbing it first with salt, then vinegar. And soak it in soda water for 20 mins.

✔️ Mix the seasonings for marinade together and marinate the squids for 30 mins.

✔️ Grilled the squids on high heat. Keep turning it to cook both side evenly, but not too long to over cooked it.

✔️ Prepare the dip by mixing everything together in a blender (or mince by hand), and serve it with the grilled squids.