Balinese Grilled Calamari With Avocado Relish Recipe

Ingredients

* 6 cleaned and skinned calamari totalling 500 gm, leave whole
* 4 candlenuts (substitute macadamia nuts), chopped fine
* 4 cloves garlic
* 2 tsp black pepper seeds
* 1 tsp coriander seeds
* 1/2 a level tsp cumin seeds
* 4 tbs sweet thick soya sauce (kecap manis)
* 4ts oil
* 3tbs finely ground raw rice
* 1 level tsp sugar
* 1/2 a level tsp salt
* 1/2 a level tsp turmeric powder
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~ RELISH INGREDIENTS ~~~~~~~~~~
* 1 small ripe but firm avocado, stone, skin and roughly cut
* 1 small red onion - peel and roughly cut
* 1/4 of a cucumber, discard seeds and roughly cut
* 3 birds eye chilies OR 2 fresh red chilies - very thinly sliced
* Juice of 2 calamansi limes (cherry sized green asian limes)
* Fat pinch of salt (or to taste)


Directions

1. Pound or grind the pepper, coriander, cumin seeds and garlic to very fine paste.
2. Make 4 - 6 horizontal slashes down the length of each calamari, taking care not to cut through. (see picture)
3. Combine calamari, spice paste, chopped nuts, soya sauce, oil, ground rice, salt, sugar and turmeric powder and mix thoroughly.
4. Heat oven grill to maximum. After 15 minutes, remove calamari from marinade and arrange on rack. Grill in very hot oven for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and serve with Avocado Relish and white rice.
5. ~~~~~~~~~~ AVOCADO RELISH ~~~~~~~~~~
6. Combine all relish ingredients and taste, adding more salt if necessary. Serve