cucur udang ala Pak Zainal

encik suami has been pinning for the original cucur udang, the spongy cucur with one whole udang on top; just like the ones he used to buy from Pakcik Zainal at his all boys boarding school in homeland. 

i cut a few of the cucur, mix with salad, green beans and cucumber & ate with kuah pecal.

recipe :

1 cup flour
1 cup water
1 tsp Mauripan dried yeast (i used Allinson)
1/2 tsp salt
pinch of turmeric powder
whole prawns with shell (wash, drain & pat dry with kitchen roll)
vege of your choice - taugeh, chopped spring onion, finely sliced cabbage, onions
oil for deep frying

mix all the dry ingredients, pour water, add in vege and leave for 30 minutes.

you need a lot of oil for deepfrying and make sure the ladle that you use is completely immersed in oil. i used a small  round stainless steel ladle.

heat the oil, make sure its really hot.  immerse the ladle into hot oil, remove from heat, pour the cucur mix into the ladle, 3/4 full and put a prawn on top. then carefully put the ladle in the hot oil and fry the cucur till it turns dry. then using a spatula,  slowly slide the cucur away from the ladle & fry it just a bit more. remove from heat & drain on kitchen paper.

recipe is from tiffinbiru.com