Bean Sprout Fritters is a delicious savoury snack. It is a very versatile dish; you choose what you want to put into the fritters besides the main ingredient, bean sprout. You can make it very crispy or the soft kind. It can be eaten by itself or with chili sauce or tomato sauce.
Ingredients:
- 10 g bean sprout
- 3-inch carrot
- 1 medium size onion
- 1 stalk green onion
- 2-3 chili padi
- 120 g rice flour
- 60 g all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 egg (leave out for the crispy version)
- Salt, to taste
- Black pepper powder, to taste
- Water
- Cooking oil
Method:
- Wash the bean sprouts and rid them of the hulls (outer shells) and the roots (if they are too long). Drain the bean sprouts till they are dry.
- Julienne the carrot.
- Peel and cut the onion lengthwise.
- Wash and cut the green onion into 1 cm long.
- Wash and chop up the chili padi.
- Add rice flour, all-purpose flour and baking powder to a mixing bowl.
- Add salt and black pepper powder.
- Add water and stir till the mixture is of a smooth consistency, not too thick nor too watery.
- Add bean sprout, carrot, onion, green onion and chili padi to the flour mixture. Stir till they are mixed up evenly.
- Heat up a wok with cooking oil. (The amount of oil must cover the batter for a crispy fritter.)
- Spoon the batter into the wok. Do not stir the batter until the ingredients have set.
- Once the batter has turned golden brown, turn it to brown the other side.
- Dish out onto a kitchen towel to let the excess oil run off.
- Serve it hot.