Bakwan Sayur - Vegetable Fritters | Indonesian Pakoda
The Indonesian version of deep fried mixed vegetable fritters served hot as an evening snack.
Servings 5
Ingredients
- 3 cups shredded cabbage
- 1 small carrot shredded or coarsely grated
- 1 small green capsicum finely sliced
- 2 stems spring onion sliced
- 1 green chili chopped
For the batter:
- 1 cup plain flour + 1/4 cup more if needed
- ¼ cup rice flour
- 1 teaspoon salt or as needed
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
- ¾ cup water or as needed
- 2 tablespoon grated garlic
- 1 egg
- 3 cups of cooking oil for deep frying
Instructions
- In a bowl add all the chopped vegetables like shredded cabbage, grated carrot, capsicum, spring onion, and green chilies. Mix well and set aside.
- In another bowl make a smooth batter by mixing plain flour, rice flour, salt, sugar, black pepper, and water. Add water slowly, little by little to get the right consistency (like a pancake batter consistency). Then add garlic and egg and whisk again.
- Let both the bowls be kept ready but separately.
- Just before frying, add the vegetables to the batter and mix well.
- First, do a test by dropping a small lump into the oil. If the mixture spread then you need to add a bit of more plain flour.
- Drop a spoonful of batter into the hot oil side by side and deep fry for 5 minutes. Do not overcrowd the oil by adding too many at once. Drain on a kitchen towel to remove the excess oil.