Indonesia

Bakwan

Name: Bakwan
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indonesia
Ingredients: 300 g Cabbage & carrot; 100 g Bean sprouts; 120 g Wheat flour; some of each Garlic & shallots; some of each Spring onion & celery; plenty Oil for frying

Indonesian vegetable fritters

Bakwan are crispy Indonesian vegetable fritters of shredded cabbage, carrot and bean sprouts in a seasoned batter.

They are an ubiquitous market snack and are happily eaten with whole bird's eye chilies.

Servings4

Time25 min

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Cabbage & carrot300 g
Bean sprouts100 g
Wheat flour120 g
Garlic & shallotssome of each
Spring onion & celerysome of each
Oil for fryingplenty

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Cut the vegetables into fine strips.
Whisk flour, garlic, water and seasonings into a batter.
Mix the vegetables into the batter.
Fry in portions in hot oil.
Drain crisp and golden, serve with chili.

Make it original

Seasonings for bakwan are in the Asia Boutique.

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