Talas Goreng - Taro Fritters

5.0 from 2 reviews

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Side Dish Snack

Cuisines: Indonesian

Ingredients: Vegetables

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 30 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 400 gram peeled taro root (Indonesian: talas), grated or julienned
• 150 gram tapioca starch (Indonesian: tepung kanji)
• 75 gram all purpose flour (Indonesian: tepung terigu)
• 25 gram rice flour (Indonesian: tepung beras)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon salt
• 200 ml water
• Spice paste (grind together the following)
• 20 gram dried shrimps (Indonesian: ebi), soaked in hot water for 15 minutes, drained
• 1 tablespoon salted soy beans (Indonesian: tauco)
• 2 cloves garlic

Instructions

1. Mix all ingredients together in a mixing bowl into a thick batter.
2. Option 1 (deep frying): Heat enough oil in a pot for deep frying. Drop ladleful of taro batter into the hot oil and cook until golden brown. Drain in a wire rack to remove excess oil.
3. Option 2 (pan frying): Heat 6 tablespoon oil in a frying pan for pan frying. Drop ladleful of taro batter into the pan, cook both sides until golden brown. Drain in a wire rack to remove excess oil.
4. Serve hot.