Squid Roast Recipe | Kanava Roast Recipe
Squid roast, also known as koonthal roast or kanava roast, is a popular Kerala style seafood dish made with tender squid, shallots, ginger, garlic, tomatoes, spices and curry leaves. This easy seafood dish can be made in about 20 minutes and tastes delicious with rice, malabar parotta, appam or dosa.
Equipment
cooking pan
Blender
Ingredients
- 500 grams Squid cleaned and cut into rings
For Grinding (Masala)
- 20 no Shallots (Sambar Onion) peeled
- 6 cloves Garlic peeled
- 2 inch Ginger peeled and chopped
For Squid Masala
- ¼ cup Coconut Oil
- 2 sprig Curry leaves
- 2 no Green Chilli chopped
- 2 large Tomatoes chopped finely
- 2 tablespoon Kashmiri Chilli Powder
- 1 tablespoon Coriander Powder
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
- 1 teaspoon Fennel Seed Powder
- 2 teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
For Garnishing
- 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice to taste
- 2 tablespoon Coriander leaves finely chopped
- 2 teaspoon Salt to taste
Instructions
- Clean squid and cut them into rings. Wash them well, strain them completely and set aside.
- Take ingredients for grinding in a blender and make it into a coarse paste.Don't add water while grinding. Just crush them to a coarse paste.
- Heat coconut oil in a frying pan, add the ground onion masala, along with curry leaves and green chillies and cook till golden. It will take around 5 to 6 minutes.
- Now add in finely chopped tomatoes and cook till tomatoes gets mushy and paste like. It will take around 5 minutes.
- Now add in all the spice powders. I am using Kashmiri chilli, coriander and turmeric powder. Mix the spices into the onions and let them cook for 2 more minutes.
- Now add in the cleaned squid and stir fry with the onion tomato masala. Add in salt and Let them cook for 5 to 8 mins on high heat. Let the moisture from the squid evaporate and cook down.
- Now add in garam masala, fennel seed powder and pepper powder and saute on high for another 5 min.
- Add lemon juice, coriander leaves and mix well. Serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Squid Roast Recipe | Kanava Roast Recipe
Serving Size
1 servings
Amount per Serving
Calories
282
% Daily Value*
Fat
16
g
25
%
Saturated Fat
12
g
75
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
1
g
Cholesterol
291
mg
97
%
Sodium
1293
mg
56
%
Potassium
690
mg
20
%
Carbohydrates
15
g
5
%
Fiber
4
g
17
%
Sugar
3
g
3
%
Protein
22
g
44
%
Vitamin A
2027
IU
41
%
Vitamin C
42
mg
51
%
Calcium
90
mg
9
%
Iron
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.