Deep-Fried Yellow Bean Paste (Baa Yir)

Title:
Deep-Fried Yellow Bean Paste (Baa Yir)

Yield:
3 Servings

Categories:
Appetizers,
Thai,
Vegetarian




Ingredients:





     4 oz Dried moong beans


          -- soaked in water for 30


          -- minutes, and drained


     1 tb Plain flour


     2 ts Red curry paste


     1 tb Light soy sauce


     1 ts Sugar


     2    Kaffir lime leaves


          - rolled into a cigarette &


          - finely sliced into slivers


          Oil; for deep-frying





---------------------------------THE
SAUCE---------------------------------


     4 tb Sugar


     6 tb Rice vinegar


   1/2 ts Salt





 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


 


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