Scallion Prawn Fritters

Many people enjoys this amazing golden prawn fritters, which are crispy at the sides and slight fluffy on the inside for afternoon tea.  They are best served while still hot, so as to enjoy the real crunch of this scrumptious prawn fritters.  These fritters are served with sweet and spicy chili sauce or even the normal Maggi chili sauce.

One important tip to make good prawn fritters with thin crispy sides is to use a flat ladle to spoon the batter. 

Ingredients:
Prawns (amount depends on how many people you are serving)
2 sprig scallion or spring onions (chopped)
150g. rice flour (sifted)
50g. plain flour (sifted)
2 tsp. baking powder (sifted)
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. grounded white pepper
1/2 tsp. chicken stock granules
3 tbsp. cooking oil
1 egg
180g. water
Enough cooking oil for deep frying

Methods:

1. Remove the heads of the prawns, you can leave it on if you prefer.  Blanch in boiling water for 1 1/2 minutes, drain and set aside.
2. To prepare the batter, in a bowl mix together rice flour, plain flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, white pepper, chicken stock granules, 3 tablespoons cooking oil, egg and water.  Whisk with a hand whisk until smooth with no lump.  Then stir in the scallion.
3. In a medium heated pan, add enough cooking oil for deep frying.  Test the temperature of the oil using a wooden skewer.  When the oil is hot enough, small bubbles will appear around the tip of the skewer.
4. To start frying, put the ladle into the oil for quick few seconds, lift it out, use another small soup ladle to scoop some batter and pour it over the ladle (do not fill too full as the batter will overflow after you add in the prawn), take one or two prawns (depending on the size of the prawns) and place it over the top of the batter; then place the ladle into the oil.  Just within few seconds, the prawn fritters will fall off from the ladle.  If your pan is big, you can fry a few at a time.  The fritters will puff up, use a slotted ladle to lightly press over the fritters, turn and continue to fry until both sides are golden.  Remove from oil and place over a wire rack to let the excess oil drips off.  Repeat until all is done.
5. Time to enjoy these crispy/crunchy and tasty scallion prawn fritters with your favorite chili sauce.

This recipe is adapted from 'MyKitchen101en.com' with a slight amendment to suit my cooking preference.