Grilled Squid With Pumpkin Seed Pesto (Africa)
- 3 tomatoes
- 900 g squid
- 100 g rocket
- 2 cups pumpkin seeds
- 3 green chilies
- 15 g lemon zest
- 6 garlic cloves
- 3 tablespoons black mustard seeds, roasted
- 3 tablespoons coriander seeds, roasted
- 80 ml lemon juice
- 200 ml pumpkin seed oil
- Blanche, skin and seed the tomatoes.
- Cut the remaining tomato flesh into a neat dice.
- Season the squid with salt and pepper and grill on a hot griddle plate or saute in a fiercely hot wok.
- Remove the squid from the heat and place in a large bowl.
- Add one tablespoon of the pesto followed by the chopped tomato and mix together.
- Add the rocket just before serving, toss and plate, garnishing with the rest of the pesto.
- For the pesto: Put all the ingredients except the oil into a pestle and mortar and grind into a rough paste.You can use a food processor to make this quick.
- Thin the mixture out with the oil.
- Season the pesto with salt and pepper.
tomatoes, rocket, pumpkin seeds, green chilies, lemon zest, garlic, black mustard seeds, coriander seeds, lemon juice, oil
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/grilled-squid-with-pumpkin-seed-pesto-africa-312187 (may not work)