Indonesian Fried Tapioca Starch (Cireng)

Yep, fried tapioca starch! sounds horrendous indeed, but it tastes GOOD when you eat it HOT!!! it tastes like rubber when cold :) 

This recipe is for 12-15 balls

Ingredients:

• 100 g tapioca starch
• 50 g plain flour
• 1 tsp of chicken essence powder OR 1 tsp salt + 2 dashes of white pepper
• 1 stalk of coriander (finely chopped)
• hot water
• cooking oil for deep frying (~1 inch deep)

How to:

• in a bowl, mix all the ingredients except water and oil
• pour in hot water bit by bit until you get the texture where you can mold a ball using 2 spoons
• heat your oil - medium heat, else the center will still be raw while the outer layer has already charred!
• using 2 spoons, mold a ball (the size of a fish ball) and fry till crispy
• eat while it's HOT!!!