Dried Shrimp And Vegetable Fritters

Hello,

Asian people in general love fried foods. These dried shrimp and vegetable fritters or we called 'cucur bubuk' quite popular in my hometown. There are times when there is plenty of fresh baby shrimp in the fish market which are cheap and many people will make shrimp fritters with it.

Dried shrimp it's one of the things that I always have in the fridge. I always make dried shrimp and vegetable fritters when I have some leeks because for me leeks are a good match with dried shrimp, even just a small amount of dried shrimp, it brings out the flavour when it's added into the batter. These fritters were so tasty, light and crispy, everyone loved them, my mother in law loved it too.

I've read somewhere about adding hot water in the batter to make a crispy fritters and the tips works for me. Adding hot water at the beginning will makes the fritters light and crispy even when they turn cold.

DRIED SHRIMP AND VEGETABLE FRITTERS

Ingredients;

1 cup flour
1 leek, chopped
1 red chili, chopped
A small amount of dried baby shrimp, rinsed and dry
Salt to taste
Hot water/plain water
Oil for frying

METHOD;

- Combine all ingredients and add hot water little by little. Mixing for a few seconds and then add plain water little by little and mixing until a batter forms.
- Heat oil in a wok or saucepan for deep frying, drop a spoonful of batter into hot oil, turning once or twice and fry until fritters are golden brown.
- Remove the fritters to a paper towels, serve with sweet chili sauce or ketchup.

Enjoy!