Until a few years ago I thought that calamari was ‘fried squid’ – i.e I thought the name of the dish where squid was fried was calamari! So I am sure that some of you might still be under that confusion. So let’s clear your doubts. Calamari, is just the Italian name for squid. And the dish that most of us seafood lovers love is ‘Fried calamari’ where calamari i.e. squid is deep fried in batter. OK now that we got that sorted out, I have two easy recipes for you. One is a gluten free version of fried calamari where I used chick pea batter to fry them. And the other is a traditional Kerala recipe – a simple but spicy sauté in coconut oil with onion and red chillies. Choose your pick! As for me I will happily have a plateful of each!
I am bringing these appetizers to Throwback Thursdays as well as Fiesta Friday where Lily at the Littlesweetbaker and Julianna from Foodie on Board are co-hosting this week. It is fun super bowl weekend after all!
Thanks for clearing the confusion which I had in my mind too but never looked it up. Looks delicious!!!
ha ha glad to be of help 🙂 And I am happy you like the recipe.
I would take both, too, but I especially love how nice that gluten free batter is! Who would have thought!! Thanks so much for linking it to us at Throwback Thursday; we’re looking forward to seeing what you’ll have for us next week and we’ll be pinning to our Throwback Thursday board, too!
Mollie
thanks! sure. Throwback Thursdays are a lot of fun – lot of great recipes!
I must try the chick pea batter fried one, sounds scrumptious.
Yes do try it.I am sure you will like it! thanks for stopping by!
I love a good calamari recipe and both of your recipes sound really good. 😀
I hope you get to try them Jhuls!
Mmm, they both look so good, Indu! I do love calamari, or squid, or whatever else we want to call it! I love that you have shown us how versatile it can be and that it doesn’t always have to be battered to taste good. Thanks! And happy FF to you!
You are welcome Julianna! Happy FF to you too! 🙂
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I’d like some of both please, especially the sautéed one!
sure Johanne! Sending them your way 🙂 yeah I too love the sautéed one especially with some plain rice! 🙂
In Greece, squid is also called Calamari. Thanks for these recipes, we all love squid at home and make it often (you can buy frozen rings at the supermarket if you can’t get them fresh)
Hi that’s good to know that it is called calamari in Greece too. yeah for a while I didn’t even know how actual squid looked like. 🙂