Egyptian Calamari (Squid)

Posted by HealthyBites at 3:22 PM

As promised, here's the Egyptian Calamari recipe. It's a dish loaded with vitamins and nutrition and the mix of colors will get your appetite going. This dish is best eaten with Sayadeya rice [ a rice dish usually eaten with sea food in Egypt].. that will be in another post :)

Ingredients

• 1/2 kg Calamari
• 4 Tomatoes ,medium size, diced
• 1 Green Peppers , medium size, diced
• 1 Onions , medium size, finely chopped
• 1/2 bunch Parsley ,chopped
• 1 Green Chili Pepper
• 2 tbsp Tomato Paste
  
• 3 tbsp Corn Oil
  
• 1 tsp Fish Spices
• 1 tsp Garlic , crushed
• Salt and Pepper

Directions

1. Clean and wash calamari. Cut into rings or bite size squares. Cut chili pepper into small pieces.
2. In a saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and stir until golden. Add garlic and calamari and stir for 5 minutes.
3. Add all remaining ingredients and about 1 cup water and stir well. Bring to boil.
4. Pour all components into a casserole (tagen). Heat oven to 200 C. Cover with aluminum foil and place in oven for 20 minutes or until calamari is tender.
5. Remove foil and cook for another 5-10 minutes.