Phla Pla Meuk - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

Remove the inedible portions of the squid.
Wash well.
Score the flesh in a fish-scale pattern.
Cut into pieces one inch wide and 2 inches long.
Immerse the squid in boiling water until done.
Drain.
Mix the fish sauce and lime juice together.
Add the lemon grass shallot, kaffir lime leaf and chillies.
Stir very gently to avoid bruising.
Add the squid gently in the sauce and then put the squid and sauce up on to a plate.