Squid &Thai basil

ingredients

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil ~ minyak sayur
• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped ~bawang putih
• 1cm piece fresh ginger, finely chopped~halia
• 3-6 bird’s eye chillies, chopped~cili padi
• 1kg squid, cleaned, gutted, scored and cut into thick strips ~sotong
• 3 tbsp Thai fish sauce ~ sos ikan
• 1/2 tsp sugar~gula
• Juice of 2 limes ~ jus limau
• Bunch of spring onions, trimmed and finely sliced on the diagonal~daun bawang potong serong
• Good handful of whole fresh Thai basil leaves~or use tarragon if you can't find basil ~ segenggam daun selasih Thai
• 1 big bomby onion- sliced the way you want.~bawang besar potong ikut suka

Way to cook:

1. Heat the oil in a wok or wide-bottomed frying pan. As soon as it is smoking hot, add the garlic, ginger and chillies. Stir-fry for 30 seconds, then add the squid pieces. Stir-fry for another 30 seconds, then add the fish sauce, sugar, lime juice spring onions and bombay onion. Just ‘show’ these last ingredients the heat, then stir a few times and remove from the heat.

2. Stir in the basil leaves and serve. This is great with rice and something cooling, such as wedges of cucumber.