Prawn and Corn Fritters

Name: Prawn and Corn Fritters (Bánh Bắp Chiên Tôm)
Yield: Serves 6 as a Snack or part of a Shared Meal
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 2 spring onions (scallions), sliced; 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; 2 red Asian shallots, finely chopped; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; vegetable oil, for deep-frying; 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) dipping fish sauce; 1 green oak lettuce or butter lettuce, leaves separated; 1 green oak lettuce or butter lettuce, leaves separated; 1 bunch perilla, leaves picked; 1 bunch mint, leaves picked; 1 bunch Vietnamese mint, leaves picked; ½ teaspoon paprika; 100 g (3½ oz/⅔ cup) plain (all-purpose) flour; 200 g (7 oz) raw tiger prawns (shrimp), peeled and deveined, roughly chopped; ½ teaspoon ground turmeric; 200 g (7 oz) corn kernels (from 2 corn cobs); 200 g (7 oz) raw tiger prawns (shrimp), peeled and deveined, roughly chopped; 2 spring onions (scallions), sliced; 200 g (7 oz) corn kernels (from 2 corn cobs)

Bánh Bắp Chiên Tôm

Preparation info

Serves
6
as a Snack or part of a Shared Meal

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Songs of Sapa

By Luke Nguyen

Published 2009

About

A YOUNG GIRL FRIES BITE-SIZED FRITTERS IN A SMALL WOK IN FRONT OF HER HOME. SHE TRANSFERS THE FRITTERS TO A SHEET OF NEWSPAPER, GIVES THEM A COOLING BLOW AND GIVES IT TO HER YOUNGER SISTER AS A SNACK. IT TOOK ME BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN MY SIBLINGS AND I WERE YOUNG AND WE HAD TO LOOK AFTER AND FEED ONE ANOTHER WHILE OUR PARENTS WERE OUT WORKING.

Ingredients

Asia
Vietnam
Dalat
Dinner
Side dish
Snack
Pescatarian
Southeast Asia

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