Brilio.net - For seafood fans, you definitely can't miss the various squid preparations. There are many squid preparations that you can try, such as fried squid in flour, squid in Padang sauce , squid in oyster sauce, and many more.
Instead of buying it outside, you can process squid yourself at home. Apart from saving more, you can also adjust the spices according to your taste.
However, before cooking, the squid must of course be cleaned first. The cleaning process must also be done correctly. If it's careless, the squid ink part will actually break and make the whole part black.
After cleaning, the squid is usually soaked for a while in lime solution. This functions to eliminate the fishy smell of squid.
After investigating, it turns out there is a more practical way to clean squid. This method was demonstrated by YouTube user Wulan_cooking. In his video upload, he explains each step when cleaning squid before processing it. As a result, the ink can be released in its entirety and the squid is free from a fishy smell, you know. Curious about how?
Reported by BrilioFood from YouTube Wulan_cooking on Friday (2/2), take the squid one by one. Hold the squid with your hands, then separate the body from the squid head.
photo: YouTube/Wulan_cooking
Take the head, then look for the ink sac located at the bottom. When you find it, pull it gently with your fingers so it doesn't break. Next, wash the ink bag under running water, drain.
photo: YouTube/Wulan_cooking
Still on the head, also set aside the eyes of the squid. After investigating, this is the part that causes the fishy smell and hard texture of squid when processed.
"The method is to press up to the eye and then pull," said the owner of the video.
photo: YouTube/Wulan_cooking
Once the head is clean, wash it under running water then drain it. Next, take the squid body. Then pull out the plastic-like part inside, set aside.
photo: YouTube/Wulan_cooking
If so, set aside the purple part of the squid skin. No need to use a knife, because the skin can be peeled off with just your bare hands. Just pull it slowly, okay?
photo: YouTube/Wulan_cooking
After cleaning, you don't need to wash the squid by soaking it in lime solution, but rinse it directly under running water. While your index finger reaches inside the squid to make sure it is as clean as possible. If so, drain it, and the squid is ready to be processed into various dishes.
photo: YouTube/Wulan_cooking