VEGETARIAN CUCUR BADAK

Try this simple Malaysian palagaram.

VEGETARIAN CUCUR BADAK
( A Malaysian Palagaram)

Ingredients:

For the skin:
250 grms sweet potato boiled and mashed
6 tbs of plain flour
A bit of salt
Oil for frying

For the filling:
½ coconut scrapped
1 pip garlic*
5 shallots*
1 big lemon grass *
1 tsp tumeric powder *
1 cm fresh ginger*
Salt to taste
Little sugar
2 tbs cooking oil

Method:
For the skin: mix the mashed sweet potato with flour and salt.
Mix till you get a soft dough. Keep aside.

For the filling:
Pound all the ingredients with this mark *
Heat 2 tbs of oil, add in the pounded ingredients till fragrant.
Add in the coconut, salt and sugar, mix well.
Once cooked ,remove and let it cool.

Take a bit of dough, about the size of a tennis ball.
Flatten it and put the filling in the middle. Cover the filling
And shape it into a round disc.
Heat oil and fry till golden.
A good snack for tea.

NOTE: For non-vegetarians, you can add 100 grms of soaked
Pounded dry shrimps while cooking the filling.
Also after making a disc with the dough, press a medium fresh
Prawn on top of the dough before frying.