Thai-Fried Sesame Balls

Thai-Fried Sesame Balls

These balls are a doughy fried snack with a slightly sweet taste. It's quite tricky to get the deep fat frying oil the right temperature to match the size of the ball you're making. Too hot and the outside will burn before the inside gets cooked. Too cold and they soak up oil. The best way to strike a balance is to heat the oil to 170 degrees Celsius, try frying a practice ball until it's brown, then cut it open to see if it's cooked!

Ingredients
150 gms Wheat Flour
1 Egg White
50 gms Sugar
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teapsoon Baking Soda (Raising agent Soda + Citric Acid)
1 Tablespoon Water
1 Tablespoon Pork Oil (Pork Lard)

Preparation
1. Sift the flour, with the baking soda (use a packet raising agent, it normally also has citric acid in it) and salt.
2. Mix in the pork lard.
3. Whisk the egg white until frothy then mix with the sugar.
4. Add the egg white & sugar mix, together with the water to the flour.
5. Mix it to a soft dough which will froth due to the baking soda.
6. Heat the oil to 170 degrees Celsius.
7. Leave the dough for 5 minutes till expand.
8. Oil your fingers with a little cold vegetable oil, take a little of the dough in your hand and roll into a ball and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
9. Drop it into the oil, you will find it easier to do that without getting burned if you use a spoon to lower it into the oil.

Thai-Steamed Cassava Sweets

Thai-Steamed Cassava Sweets

Ingredients for Family
500 gms Cassava Root
300 gms Sugar
100 ml Rose Water
100 gms Desiccated Coconut.

Preparation
1. Peel the cassava leaving only the white flesh.
2. Grate the cassava flesh until finely shredded.
3. Mix the water with the sugar and cassava then blend it in a food processor.
4. Divide into portions for steaming, wrap each portion in aluminium foil to form parcels. You will cut these portions into smaller cubes later.
5. Steam the parcels for 25 minutes.
6. Leave to cool in the fridge.
7. Remove the foil, cut the cassava sweets into bite sized pieces.
8. Dust with the shredded coconut.

Sweet Dish-Fried Pineapple

Sweet Dish-Fried Pineapple

Ingredients:
Pineapple - 1
Butter - 2 tbsp
Shredded Coconut - 1 tbsp
Jaggery - 4 tbsp
Lime Juice - 4 tbsp
Yogurt to Serve

How to cook:
Using sharp knife peel the skin. Cut the pineapple into half and discard the woody core. Cut into length ways in wedges.
In a small frying pan dry fry the shredded coconut until lightly browned and set aside.
Heat the butter in a frying pan. When it has melted add the pineapple wedges and cook over medium heat for 2 to 3 Min's or until they turned golden in color.
Now sprinkle the jaggery to the pineapple. Then add lime juice and cook until jaggery has dissolved.
Sprinkle the roasted coconut and serve with yogurt.