Ingredients:
Water chestnuts - 200 gms (fresh or tinned)
Cornflour for dusting
Oil for deep frying
For the batter:
Corn flour - 25 gms
Refined flour - 75 gms
Water - 60 ml
Salt and pepper to taste
Baking powder - 1 tsp
oil - 1 tbsp
For the sauce:
Oil - 1/2 tsp
Garlic -1/2 tsp (chopped)
Salt and pepper to taste
Sugar to taste
Soy sauce - 1 1/2 tsp
Vegetable stock - 60 ml
Corn flour - 1 tsp
For the garnish:
Spring onions (finely shredded)
Method:
For the batter:
Water chestnuts - 200 gms (fresh or tinned)
Cornflour for dusting
Oil for deep frying
For the batter:
Corn flour - 25 gms
Refined flour - 75 gms
Water - 60 ml
Salt and pepper to taste
Baking powder - 1 tsp
oil - 1 tbsp
For the sauce:
Oil - 1/2 tsp
Garlic -1/2 tsp (chopped)
Salt and pepper to taste
Sugar to taste
Soy sauce - 1 1/2 tsp
Vegetable stock - 60 ml
Corn flour - 1 tsp
For the garnish:
Spring onions (finely shredded)
Method:
For the batter:
- Combine all the ingredients to make the batter.
For the Water chestnuts:
- Dust water chestnuts with dry corn flour. This ensures that the batter clings to the water chestnuts.
- Dip water chestnuts in the batter and deep fry until golden brown, making sure that there is enough batter on each piece and that they don't stick to each other.
- Drain excess oil on a paper towel.
For the sauce:
- Heat oil, saute garlic till the flavours are released.
- Add pepper, salt, sugar and soy sauce and saute some more time.
- Add vegetable stock.
- Add fried water chestnuts.
- Immediately add cornflour dissolved in a little water and quickly toss to a evenly coat the water chestnuts.
- Take off the heat and serve, garnished with finely shredded spring onion green and whites.
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