Remove from the cooker and cut the octopus into strips. Marinate it with the garlic ginger mince, lime juice and salt. Deep fry in a wok or karai until it's crispy on the outside.

After pre-cooking, grill or stew the octopus until tender. Rice with octopus is a popular fried dish from Portugal, or try stewing it in Elizabeth David's Genoese fish stew or burrida.