Recipes
For perfect batter
1.Always sift all dry ingredients, then add liquids. Mix until smooth.
2.Keep your batter as cold as possible (it will be crisper).
3.Coat food in seasoned flour before batter, the batter will stick to the food better.
4.Fry until golden brown.
5.Always use the 'Cooking Home Battered Food' technique, see page 8 for more information.
Beer batter
1 cup plain flour
½teaspoon baking powder pinch salt
¾ cup cold beer
Crispy sesame batter
1 cup cornflour
2 eggs
¹/³ cup water (cold)
2 tablespoon sesame seeds
Sweet fritter batter
1 egg
²/³ cup milk
1 cup self raising flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon melted butter or margarine
Tempura batter
½cup plain flour ¼ cup rice flour
1 teaspoon bicarb soda
1 cup soda water (ice cold)
1 egg
Note: It’s very important to keep this batter cold. A good tip is to chill all ingredients before use.
Easy crispy coating
1egg
1tablespoon water or milk
1cup rice flour or cornflour pinch of salt/pepper
1.Beat egg and water or milk. Season flour with salt and pepper.
2.Dip food in egg mix and then coat with flour.
3.Deep fry at 170ºC to 190ºC depending on size of foodstuff, until crispy, this coating will not colour much.
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