Dim Sum and Asian Snacks Recipes -
Deep-Fried Carrot Balls Snacks Recipe
Dim Sum
and Snacks
Recipes - Deep-Fried Carrot Balls
Ingredients
350
g carrot, peeled and sliced
2
cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated
2
spring onions, finely chopped
2
teaspoons sesame oil
1
egg, beaten
salt and pepper, to taste
3/4
cup plain flour
1/3 cup sesame seeds
oil,
for deep frying
Method:
Cook the carrot in boiling salted water for 15
minutes until just tender. Drain and mash well.
Place the ginger in a garlic crusher and squeeze the
juice into the mashed carrot. Add the spring onions,
sesame oil and egg and season to taste.
Shape the carrot
mixture into small, walnut-sized balls. Roll the
balls in the combined flour and sesame seeds,
shaking off the excess.
Heat 3-5 cm oil
in a pan; add the carrot balls and cook in batches
for 2-3 minutes or until golden.
Remove the balls
from the pan, drain on paper towels, the return to
the oil and cook for another 30 seconds. Drain on
paper towels and serve immediately.