Crispy fried shark fin and pumpkin meatballs
Ingredients
- Shark Fin Pumpkin 300g
- Toast 2 slices
- Eggs 1
- Breaded in fried powder Appropriate amount
- Salt Appropriate amount
- Chicken essence Appropriate amount
- Thirteen fragrant powder 3 grams
- Edible oil 1000ml
Steps
1. The cylindrical "shark fin pumpkin" is golden yellow in color, with smooth skin and occasional slight ridge lines, which is very beautiful. When you cut it open, you can see bunches of crystal clear melon threads naturally formed inside the flesh of the melon. They are golden in color, as thick as vermicelli or noodles, and look like shark fins, so the world euphemistically calls it "shark fin pumpkin".
2. Cut the shark fin pumpkin into sections about 5-6 cm thick (easy to cook).
3. Use a spoon to scoop out pumpkin seeds.
4. Place the deseeded shark fin pumpkin in a pot and steam it for 8 minutes after boiling.
5. Soak the steamed shark fin pumpkin in cold boiling water (1 to quickly cool down, 2 to make the shark fin pumpkin taste crisper)
6. When the pumpkin is no longer hot, just push out the pumpkin shreds that look like shark fins inside.
7. Crack the eggs into a bowl and beat into egg liquid. Set aside.
8. Cut off the four sides of the toast and roll into breadcrumbs and set aside. (You can also buy bagged finished bread crumbs)
9. Add appropriate amount of salt, chicken essence and a small amount of thirteen-spice powder to the shark fin pumpkin and stir evenly.
10. Add the beaten egg liquid and bread crumbs and mix evenly.
11. Add an appropriate amount of fried flour (you can also use cornstarch + cornstarch instead). Add the fried flour little by little, stirring while adding. Remember not to add it all at once. excessive.
12. Stir until it becomes thick and sticky.
13. Heat a wide pan of oil until it is 50% hot. Use a small spoon to scoop out a spoonful of thick paste into a ball shape and put it into the oil pan.
14. Use a slotted spoon to gently push the bottom after frying.
15. Fry until the surface is slightly brown, drain the oil, remove and place on a plate.
16. Heat the oil in the pot until it is 80% hot, add the fried meatballs again and fry them again. (Make the meatballs crispy)
17. Fry until golden and crispy on the outside, then drain and take out.
18. A simple and fresh fried shark fin and pumpkin meatballs are completed.
19. Finished product.
Tips
- If you want to make fried shark fin and pumpkin balls delicious, the most important thing is not to put too much noodles, otherwise it will become gnocchi, which will be serious Affect the taste. Adding less eggs and adding some bread crumbs can make the fried meatballs crispier.
