foto: Instagram/@amihandmade
Brilio.net - Bakwan is one of the snacks that is so popular because of its crunchy deliciousness and can be adjusted with various additional ingredients. Starting from vegetables such as carrots, cabbage, and corn, to ingredients such as shrimp or chicken, bakwan offers unlimited variations of flavors. However, despite being rich in ingredients, the main key to the enjoyment of bakwan lies in its crunchy texture. If the dough is too soft or too dense, the results can be far from what is desired.
The process of making crispy fritters actually requires the right amount of flour and ingredients. The right ratio of flour, water, and additional ingredients determines the softness of the dough and the crispiness of the fried food. If there is too much water, the fritters will become soft, while if there is too much flour, the fritters can be hard and lose their flavor. Some people even add baking soda to give the fritters an extra crispy effect.
Unfortunately, if the measurements are not right, baking soda can actually make the fritters taste bitter and less delicious. Therefore, many people then look for other ways to mix the fritter dough so that the texture is right. Not without reason, the concentration of this dough also affects the results of the fritters when fried because it has the potential to absorb more oil.
If you are confused, you can use the trick from Instagram user @amihandmade in mixing the fritter dough. Through one of the videos uploaded, she admitted that she wanted to make shrimp fritters. Well, her shrimp fritters look crispy like rempeyek. But the filling is certainly denser.
To be more precise, you only need to prepare several types of flour as the main ingredients besides shrimp. Reported by BrilioFood from Instagram @amihandmade on Tuesday (4/2), the flour in question is wheat flour, rice flour, and tapioca flour. Well, to make the fritters crispier and less oily, he uses more rice flour.
photo: Instagram/@amihandmade
In a bowl, add 6 tablespoons of rice flour, 2 tablespoons of wheat flour, and 1 tablespoon of tapioca flour. After that, add the chilies, spring onions, and sliced lime leaves. Then add the ground spices. The ground spices here use 5 garlic, 3 candlenuts, 1/2 cm of turmeric, 1 cm of galangal, 1/2 tsp of salt, 1/4 tsp of MSG, a little coriander, and pepper blended with a little cold water.
photo: Instagram/@amihandmade
Next, add the small shrimp that has been washed clean. Then stir while adding water gradually until the dough becomes thicker. In the video, he admitted to using 50 ml of water to dissolve the dough. make sure the texture of the dough is not too runny or thick, okay.
photo: Instagram/@amihandmade
Now, once it's done, the fritter dough can be fried straight away. Prepare oil in a frying pan and heat it over medium heat. Then, add the shrimp fritter dough. To make it thinner, you can pour the dough from the edge of the pan and pour hot oil over it to set faster. Then, dip it in the oil. Then fry until perfectly cooked and crispy.
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