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i saw this recipe from a cooking program, ala carte by chef kamarul from malaysia. it's a simple batter recipe for fish and chip. earlier i used the batter for prawns. it works wonderfully. the chef didnt give the proportion of the ingredients used. the weight for the ingredients used below is based on my little search.

Fried Squid With Flour
Source: Ala Carte Cooking Program

Ingredients:
800 gm squid, clean, remove black ink, cut into rings and pat dry
1 cup self-raising flour
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp chilli powder (i added)
1 egg
18 gm butter
Ice cubes (i used 200 ml chilled water)
Salt to taste

Method:
1. Heat oil.
2. Whisk all the ingredients. Put aside for 5-10 mins.
3. Coat the squid one by one.
4. Fry the coated squid (few rings at a time), till golden brown.

Pepper Crabs

I never like to eat crab previously. It's because i am quite sensitive to it. Langit2 dalam mulut akan rasa gatal bila makan. But now, it's better. Crabs is quite expensive. The last time i bought was $12.00/kilo (blue crab) but it's quite worth it, because it's flesh is quite thick.

So here's the Pepper Crab recipe that I've tried (source: ArtsCentral).

Pepper Crabs

Ingredients:
1 kg Crab
3 tbspn white pepper
1 tspn coriander seeds
1 tbspn minced garlic
1 stalk spring onion (cut into 1 inch section) i used coriander leaves
1/2 tbspn cornflour

1 added 1 teaspoon of sugar

Seasoning:
1/4 tbspn dark soy sauce
1 tbspn light soy sauce
1/2 tspn sesame oil

Directions:
1. Blend white pepper and coriander seeds in a blender until fine.
2. Wash and clean crabs, discards lung and organs. Chop crabs into 4 pieces. Scald crabs in 250g of hot cooking oil for about 30 secs. Remove from wok.
3. Stir-fry minced garlic in 2 tbspn of hot cooking oil until fragrant.
4. Add in 1 cup of water and 2 tspn of blended white pepper and coriander seeds, and mix well. Add seasoning and 1 tbspn of cornflour solution. Bring to a boil. Add crabs and cover the wok. Cook for 5 minutes or until crabs are cooked.
5. Remove the crabs from wok. Add sectioned spring onion into gravy and stir-fry for 2 minutes.