Cypriot Fried Haloumy Cheese (saganaki Haloumi)

Total Time: 8 mins Preparation Time: 4 mins Cook Time: 4 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces haloumy cheese (or 250g called "haloom" in arabic)
• flour, for coating (to be gluten free i use a mix of rice flour and half the amount of tapioca starch)
• olive oil (best to use unrefined)
• 1 lemon, cut in wedges
• crusty bread (or pita bread or to be gluten free, rice crackers)

Recipe

• 1 cut cheese into 1/4 inch slices, dip in water and dredge in flour if desired (i do like it this way).
• 2 heat enough oil in a small frying pan to cover base, fry cheese until slightly golden on each side.
• 3 squeeze some lemon on top and serve with rest of the lemon wedges and a crusty bread or some pita to dip into the lemon flavoured oil.