Cost under R80
Serves 4
Preparation Time 10 minutes
Cooking Time 10 minutes for two batches

• 600 to 800g frozen calamari rings, defrosted and cleaned
• 60ml cornflour
• 60ml cake flour
• 5 to 10ml chilli powder or cayenne pepper
• 15ml sea salt
• oil for deep frying
• 4 hamburger rolls
• 2 handfuls butter-lettuce leaves
• ½ cucumber, very thinly sliced
• 1 small onion, sliced into rings
• garlic mayonnaise and lemon wedges to serve

1 Dry the calamari well with paper towels and mix into the cornflour, flour, chilli powder and sea salt until completely coated.
2 Heat the oil and fry the calamari in batches until crisp and cooked through – it’s a matter of seconds. Drain on paper towels. Serve the calamari on rolls with butter lettuce, cucumber, onion rings and garlic mayonnaise. A dash of lemon juice will add even more zest.

TIP Defrost the calamari in a little milk to tenderise it. You can also serve the fried calamari with savoury rice instead of the rolls.

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