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Corn and Sweet Potato Bhajia with Hot and Sour Sambal

Appetizers - Fried - -

INGREDIENTS

2 fresh corn on the cob
1 sweet potato, finely sliced or grated
90 g plain flour
4 small shallots, finely sliced
12 spring onions, finely sliced lengthwise
3 T chopped fresh coriander
3 cm fresh ginger grated
1 garlic clove, crushed
2 small red chillies
1 t sugar
Sambal
1 stalk lemon grass, trimmed and finely chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
3 red chillies, finely sliced
1 T peanut oil
3 t sugar
4 tomatoes, deseeded and chopped
2 T kecap manis (Indonesian ketchup) or dark soy sauce
1 T tamarind paste mixed with 3 T water or 1 T lime juice with 2 T water
100 ml warm water
1 T crushed toasted peanuts, to serve (optional)

METHOD

To make the sambal, mix together the lemon grass, garlic and chillies and fry in the peanut oil for about 1 minute. Stir in the remaining sambal ingredients and allow to cool. Serve in a small dish, sprinkled with crushed toasted peanuts, if using.

To make the bhajia, cook the corn in a large saucepan of boiling water for 8 minutes. Drain, the hold the corn vertically on a board and slice of the kernels, discard the core.

Mix the corn, sweet potatoes, flour, shallots, spring onions, coriander, ginger, garlic, chillies and sugar in a bowl to form a thick batter.

Heat the oil in large frying pan, add tablespoons of the mixture and fry in small batches until golden on both sides. Serve the bhajia with the sambal.

Serves 4

posted by Mr Falafel

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