flour 500 grams Chives 60 grams
Silver tofu 500 grams Table salt 10 grams
Clear water 700g Edible oil Appropriate amount
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Step 1

Prepare the tools. The main tools are as follows: A pot for frying things, a flat-bottomed frying spoon (available on Taobao), long chopsticks (for holding pancakes) Snacks from Northern Jiangsu and Northern Anhui - Illustration of how to make oil spinners 2

Step 2

Chop the shallots into fine pieces, add 1 gram of salt, stir and set aside. Snacks from Northern Jiangsu and Northern Anhui - Illustration of how to make oil spinners 3

Step 3

Cut the soft tofu into 2mm~3mm square pieces, add 1g of salt, stir and set aside. Note: It doesn’t matter if you don’t cut it into cubes, you can also crush it directly. It’s just that the taste of the finished product will be a bit worse.Snacks from Northern Jiangsu and Northern Anhui - Illustration of how to make oil spinners 4

Step 4

Mix flour and water thoroughly. Add chopped chives, diced tofu, and 8 grams of salt, and stir again. Snacks from Northern Jiangsu and Northern Anhui - Illustration of how to make oil spinners 5

Step 5

Add cooking oil to the pot and heat over high heat. Turn to medium heat when it reaches about 200 degrees. Put the flat-bottomed frying spoon into the oil pan to preheat. After taking it out, use another spoon to scoop the batter prepared previously into the frying spoon, and then put it into the oil pan for frying. Snacks from Northern Jiangsu and Northern Anhui - Illustration of how to make oil spinners 6

Step 6

When both sides are golden brown, take it out of the pan and control the oil. The crispy pancake is ready. Cooking skills of snacks from northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui

1. You can adjust the amount of salt by yourself 2. If you don’t want to dice the tofu, you can crush it directly: I tried both types, and the diced tofu will have a richer flavor. 3. The choice of oil is quite important. The flavors produced by different frying methods are very different. Generally, soybean oil is more comprehensive. It depends on everyone's preference. 4. I originally wanted to use a small pot, but later found that it was too small, so I changed it to a larger pot