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Pong Pong Prawn
Ingredient
| Deep fry batter | |
| 1. | Self-raising flour 100g |
| 2. | Rice flour 30g |
| 3. | Baking powder 1/4茶匙 |
| 4. | Pink salt 1/2茶匙 |
| 5. | White pepper 1/4茶匙 |
| 6. | Five spice powder 1 hint |
| 7. | Water 120ml |
| 8. | Cooking oil 2汤匙 |
| Prawn | |
| 9. | Small size 18只/ medium size 10只 |
| 10. | Pink salt to taste |
| 11. | White pepper to taste |
- a big mixing bowl, put in ingredient 1 to 6, stir the ingredients, mix well.
- Add water, stir well, the batter may look very thick now, but not smooth.
- Add oil, stir well, the batter may look smoother now, and you will be able to drag it up for a while.
- Put the bowl of batter into fridge for cooling approximately 30-40 min.
- Clean prawns. Marinate the prawns with pink salt and white pepper for 15 min.
- Pat dry the prawns with kitchen towel. This enable the prawns to adhere to the batter, and avoiding the possibility of oil splashing out during deep fry.
- Heat up a pot of cooking oil, use wooden chopsticks to test the doneness. If you observe tiny bubbles gather around the chopsticks, the oil is hot enough for deep fry now.
- Retrieve the batter from fridge, whisk well before use.
- Coat one prawn at a time. Deep fry until golden brown, serve hot.
Tips
- If you purchase the rice flour, your batter may look smoother than mine. I mill my rice flour from grains hence the flour is less refined compared to rice flour from shelves.
- Step 9 – If your deep fry pot is large, you may deep fry a few prawns at a time. The prawns will sink to the bottom when you first put them in, however, they will float in no time. You will be able to deep fry well so long the heat control is appropriate.
Step 2 – Batter looks like this after water addition 
Step 3 – Add cooking oil to the batter 
Step 3 – Batter looks like this after oil addition 
Step 6 – Make sure you pat dry prawns and whatever seafood that you plan to deep fry 
Step 8 – Give the batter some generous whisks when you bring it out from fridge
Step 9 – Coat one prawn at a time 
Step 9 – You may put in a few prawns to deep fry if your pot is larger 
Step 9 – Prawn will sink when you first put it but it will float in no time. The secret is heat control over the deep fry oil
Let the pong pong prawns cool down for 10-15 minutes before transferring them to plate
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