Grilled Squid With Pumpkin Seed Pesto (africa)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 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

Recipe

• 1 blanche, skin and seed the tomatoes. cut the remaining tomato flesh into a neat dice.
• 2 season the squid with salt and pepper and grill on a hot griddle plate or sauté in a fiercely hot wok. remove the squid from the heat and place in a large bowl.
• 3 add one tablespoon of the pesto followed by the chopped tomato and mix together.
• 4 add the rocket just before serving, toss and plate, garnishing with the rest of the pesto.
• 5 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.