STUFFED SQUIDS IN RED MASALA BY SANDHYA KINI MAYENKAR

STUFFED SQUIDS IN RED MASALA

Ingredients:
Squids: 10-12 medium size
Tamarind: 2 lemon size
Kashmiri red chillies 10
Garlic 5 cloves
Ginger 1 inch finely chopped
Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
Black peppercorns 6
Cloves 6
Cinnamon 1 inch stick
Vinegar 3 tablespoons
Oil 4 tablespoons
Onion sliced 3 medium
Salt to taste

For the stuffing: 
Cut fine 4-5 squids
Finely cut assorted vegs like carrots, cabbage, capsicum.
Sauté everythg in a frying pan and add ½ tsp soya sauce, ½ tsp vinegar, pepper powder and salt to taste. Let it cool down before stuffing this mixture into the squids. Take care not to break the squids while stuffing

Method
Clean and wash squids. Pat them dry with a kitchen towel. Soak tamarind in one cup of water for about fifteen minutes and squeeze to extract thick pulp. Keep aside. 
We get this readymade racheido masala here which I have used in reciepe. But if it is not available u may use homemade masala paste by Grinding together Kashmiri red chillies, garlic, ginger, cumin seeds, black peppercorns, cloves and cinnamon in vinegar. 
Heat three tablespoons oil in a pan. Add onions and sauté till slightly pink. Add ground masala and salt to taste. Sauté for a minute. Add chopped squids and cook covered. Add thick tamarind pulp, cover and cook till the squids are done. Remove cover and cook till gravy thickens. Serve hot with bread or paav..Its a very spicy dish