Helping Domo!!

How to help Domo??? It need a well preparation first before presenting the calamari rings to his girl friend right??? Don't worry, Lord of calamari rings already did 2 trial test at home and one formal test at the Food Science lab on 25th of September....Here we come to help you with result we got~~~

Calamari rings recipe:

2lbs. squid, sliced into 1/2 inch rings

2 cup of ready-made flour mix (spicy)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 carton of fresh milk

oil

Domo'd problem can be identified as rubbery, strong fishy smell calamari rings with easily fallen off coating. Actually the problem can be solved by a simple ingredient that can be found in most kitchen, which is..... MILK! (Moo~~)

Milk contains lactic acid which is produced by the indigenous microorganisms in the milk, the lactic acid can degrade the collagen in muscle fiber of squid, thus improving the structure of the calamari rings.

Domo, let's start preparing your notebook and jot down the steps!
First, wash the squid with cold water.

Then, soak the squid in the milk for at least 3 hours, or overnight inside the refrigerator. The soaking period allows the lactic acid to act on the squid.




The squid is then cut into 1/2 inch sized calamari rings, the size is carefully measured in order to prevent under-cooking or over-cooking during frying process.

The calamari rings in blue Tupperware are rings without soaking in milk, on the other hand, in white Tupperware are the calamari rings that had been soaked for 12 hours. The calamari rings soaked in milk was observed to be whiter in colour and softer in texture.

The calamari rings are lightly breaded with flour mixture, do not over dipped, because it will cause the rings to be too salty.

Make sure that all part of the calamari rings are covered with the flour mix.

The oil is heated to frying temperature, make sure the oil is hot enough, because the calamari rings will stick onto the pan if the oil is not hot enough.

When the oil is hot enough, insert calamari rings into the frying pan. Stir the oil always to prevent sticking of calamari rings onto the frying pan.

When the calamari rings are golden in colour, immediately take it out from the hot oil. This is because over-cooked calamari rings are always chewy and rubbery.

The calamari rings are served hot.

59 Panelist was presented with one set of calamari rings to evaluate the effect of milk soaking towards structure of calamari rings. The panelist was volunteers from UCSI student which were picked randomly. 5504 was the calamari rings without soaking in milk, while 8093 was the calamari rings soaked that had been soaked in milk for 12 hours.

Wow, there are 51 out of 59 panelist vote for 8093. The result shown that majority of the panelists agreed that the calamari rings soaked in milk had better attribute in terms of texture, juiciness and had less fishy smell.

Domo, let your girlfriend try this~! I bet she'll love this!