You will need
    • For octopus fried in Cyprus:
    • 1 kg cleaned octopus;
    • 1 onions;
    • 4 garlic cloves;
    • 100 g pine nuts;
    • 100 g green olives;
    • 1 lemon;
    • soy sauce;
    • olive oil (for frying);
    • salt
    • ground black pepper.
    • For fried octopus:
    • 500 g octopus;
    • 2 tbsp vegetable oil;
    • 4 onions;
    • 2 tbsp tomato paste;
    • 8 large olives;
    • 1 tbsp capers;
    • 1 tbsp chopped mint;
    • 1 tbsp. red wine;
    • spices to taste.
    • For octopus grilled on skewers:
    • 600 g octopus;
    • 40 g of soy sauce;
    • 1 tsp of sugar;
    • 1 clove of garlic;
    • green onion (to taste);
    • vegetable oil;
    • pepper (to taste).
Instruction
1
Octopus fried in Cyprus Rinse with cold running water octopus, cut into small pieces (2x2, 2x3 cm), put in a colander to glass excess fluid. Slice the onions thin half-rings, chop the garlic finely, olives cut into rings.
2
In a pan heat olive oil, saute the onions until translucent state, add the garlic, olives, and a peeled pine nuts, stir, cook for 5-7 minutes, continuing to stir constantly. Add octopus, lightly fry, pour the lemon juice and soy sauce, simmer, stirring occasionally, until the liquid has evaporated by half, about 10 minutes. Add salt, pepper.
3
Arendajatele octopus ink sack and eyes, if the octopuses are not gutted, rinse the carcass under running water, slightly repel the carcass with a hammer, cut into small pieces, approximately 3 3 cm
4
Finely chop the onions, heat the pan vegetable oil, fry onion until light Golden brown, add the chopped octopus, saute about 8-10 minutes, add the olives, capers, spices, tomato paste, stir, simmer until tender about 1.5 hours, adding red wine when the liquid gets low.
5
Add the chopped mint when the octopus is ready. Serve with a side dish of spaghetti or potatoes.
6
Octopus, fried on a spit Have the octopus (remove the innards and eyes), scald with boiling water, remove the skin from the tentacles, cut into pieces 8-10 cm long, a width of about 1-2 inches and thickness of 0.5-1 centimeter.
7
Chop the onion and garlic, mix with sugar, chopped octopus and pepper, add the soy sauce and a little vegetable oil, cover and leave to marinate in a cool place for 40 minutes. String the pieces of octopus on a skewer 4-5 pieces at a time, and cook over fire on the grill until tender.