Tapioca Fritters
When I cook fritters, I generally like to cook the simple anchovy fritters.
When I cook fritters, I generally like to cook the simple anchovy fritters. When the tapioca I just got caught Mum's eye, she gave me a recipe of tapioca fritters which was really fantastic... Crispy on the outside & soft & slightly chewy on the inside... Delicious! Everyone literally ate out of the frying pan! This will be my choice of fritters from now on!
Ingredients
- Ingredients:2.5 kgs fresh young tapioca, peeled & cut into small pieces3/4 cups plain flour
- of shallots, sliced thinly6 bulbs
- 4 garlic, sliced thinly
- 2 green chillies, sliced thinly (not slanted)2 strands of curry leaves
- dried shrimps, soaked & pounded coarsely1 tbsp
- salt1 tsp
Instructions
- 1.
Put the tapioca in the blender with 3 cups of water.
- 2.
Blend coarsely.
- 3.
Drain the water away.Pour in another 3 cups of water in the blender with the tapioca and blend shortly...
- 4.
Not too fine but not too coarse...
- 5.
Until it resembles the size of breadcrumbs.Drain the water away & put the drained tapioca in a large bowl.Mix in all the other ingredients till well combined.
- 6.
Taste.Heat about 4 cups of oil for deep frying on low fire.Scoop the tapioca mix using a teaspoon and drop it into the hot oil.When it turns golden brown and crunchy on the outside, lift it up & drain it on a kitchen towel.Fantastic when eaten immediately!