Deep-fried yellow bean paste (baa yir)
Yield: 3 servings
Ingredients:
- 4 oz Dried moong beans 1 ts Sugar -- soaked in water for 30 2 Kaffir lime leaves -- minutes and drained - rolled into a cigarette &
- 1 tb Plain flour - finely sliced into slivers
- 2 ts Red curry paste Oil; for deep-frying
- 1 tb Light soy sauce ---------------------------------THE SAUCE---------------------------------
- 4 tb Sugar 1/2 ts Salt
- 6 tb Rice vinegar
Instructions:
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. Source: Thai Vegetarian Cooking by Vatcharin Bhumichitr Typed for you by Karen Mintzias
