Deep-Fried Yellow Bean Paste (Baa Yir)
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This article is from the 20th Century Appetizer Recipes, with numerous contributions by known and also anonymous authors
Deep-Fried Yellow Bean Paste (Baa Yir)
4 oz Dried moong beans - soaked in water for
30 -- minutes, and drained 1 tb Plain flour
2 ts Red curry paste
1 tb Light soy sauce
1 ts Sugar
2 Kaffir lime leaves rolled into a cigarette & - finely sliced into slivers Oil; for deep-frying
The Sauce
4 tb Sugar
6 tb Rice vinegar
1/2 ts Salt
In a mortar pound the drained moong beans to form a paste. Add the other ingredients in turn, stirring well. Pluck a small piece of the paste and form into a ball the size of a walnut. Do not mould too tightly. Deep-fry the balls until golden brown, drain and serve with the thick sweet sauce below.
THE SAUCE: Gently heat the three ingredients until the sugar dissolves. Allow to cool before serving.
From: Thai Vegetarian Cooking by Vatcharin Bhumichitr Typed for you by Karen Mintzias
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