Ukoy

Ingredients:
200 gms. shrimps
2 cup togue or mongo sprouts
1 cup cake tokua or bean curd in strips
1 cup spring onions in strips
Batter:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup cornstarch
1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
1 ½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
½ teaspoon M.S.G.
¼ cup achuete water
1 egg, well beaten
2/3 cup shrimp juice
Procedure:
1. Sift dry ingredients in a bowl.
2. Blend in remaining ingredients. Beat thoroughly to make a smooth batter. Set aside.
3. Arrange a bed of mongo sprout in a saucer. Garnish with spring onions, shrimps and tokua. Add about ¼ cup butter and lower carefully into deep hot fat. Fry until crispy on both side. Remove friend ukoy and place it on absorbent paper.

Borrowed photo: filipino-foods