Here's another delightful recipe to tuck away into your dim sum repertoire and another recipe to expand my dim sum archives! I've always loved food on a stick - be it fish balls, fish cakes, shrimp balls, you get the idea. This maybe because shrimp balls on a stick reminds me of home, in particular street food at home. Living in Malaysia, there are lots of stalls selling streetfood especially during Pasar Malam (translates to Night Market from the Malay language). A Pasar Malam is usually a temporary 'market' held at nights (when else!) where vendors are able to (legally) hawk their fare on a specially closed up street or streets (depending on the size) ranging from fresh vegetables to t-shirts.
When I was younger (in my teens) I found it weird that people enjoyed haggling with sellers for a better price, as I grew a little older, I thought it was pretty fun - hey you can usually get a few ringgit off (Ringgit is the Malaysian currency) just by saying "Cheaper can ar?" (That's the strange form of English that has evolved in Malaysia, commonly known as 'Manglish', yes it does sound like we Malaysians mangled the good old English language eh?
These golden and crunchy shrimp balls are absolutely made for parties and make sure to save some for yourself since this is almost guaranteed to be a crowd-pleaser!
For more dim sum recipes on Tastes of Home, try these:
Deep-fried Beancurd Skin Rolls
Shanghai Pork and Shrimp 'Crystal' Dumplings
12 medium sized shrimp, shelled and deveined
1 tsp garlic powder
3 tsps grated ginger (fresh)
2 tsps fish sauce
pinch of salt
1/4 cup cornstarch
4 green onions, chopped roughly
enough oil for deep-frying
lime wedges (optional)
Method:
Place shrimp, garlic powder, ginger, fish sauce, salt and cornstarch in a food processor and pulse until smooth. Transfer to a bowl. Stir in green onions, using wet hands mix until well combined.
Coat hands in cornstarch and form 1 tbsp of shrimp mixture into a ball. Toss shrimp ball in cornstarch, shaking off excess. Repeat with the rest of the mixture.
Deep-fry the shrimp balls until golden about 1-2 minutes - work in batches. Serve with dipping sauce of your choice.
9 comments:
oh man !! this look good!!.I'm dying for homemade deep fried shrimp balls!
Seems like those Hei Cho (hokkien) that I often see in traditional chinese restaurants which still served the "cold dish" and these shrimp balls being part of the 6-8 items in that cold dish ?
Hmmm...looks very tasty! Will go well with sweet and spicy sauce. ;)
beachlover - thanks!
tigerfish - hmm, I'm not sure what you;re referring to hehe I don't really understand hokkien hehe
dora - thanks, yup definitely!
wah ... can't stand all your 'dim sum' recipes ... make me drool so badly every time, hehe
^ hehe wiffy, ur so funny! I have more dim sum recipes up my sleeve or apron? haha btw, I dont even own an apron! do u?
A few of these with a champagne cocktail, and you're set for ringing in the new year in delicious style!
What a FANTASTIC recipe! I asked my husband to make it for me the other day when I first came across your post, and today he did! I just blogged about it, if you want to see the pics (not as good as the ones you have here, plus I forgot to take a picture until I'd already devoured most of them!)
Dim Sum: Deep Fried Shrimp Balls
Thank you so much for posting this recipe! It was incredibly delicious - anyone out there who's thinking about trying this out, you really must. They are just perfect, especially if you like shrimp and dim sum!
thanks carolyn :)
hey muse - welcome to TOH! and I'm so glad you liked this recipe :) Really appreciate you taking the time give me feedback!
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