Ukoy with Shrimps

Ingredients:

• 1 cup bean sprouts
• a few dried boiled shrimps (omit if you want vegetarian)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup shrimp liquor (shrimp juice from mashing shrimp by mortal and pestle or by food processor - Ken.)
• 1 cup corn starch or rice flour
• 1 onion, chopped
• achuete seeds (generally for colouring, I suppose either a small bit of turmeric mixed with a small bit of paprika might do, or red food colouring. Otherwise, if the appearance is not important to you, omit this.)
• 2 eggs well beaten
• oil for frying
• vinegar, pepper, garlic and salt

Procedures:

• Dissolve corn starch or rice flour in about 1/4 c water with achuete colouring.
• Mix thoroughly starch-mixture, salt, shrimp liquor, onion and well-beaten eggs until a smooth batter is obtained.
• Add bean sprouts.
• Heat oil in a deep frying pan and pour about 1/4 cup of the batter at a time.
• Gather all particles together and lay pieces of boiled shrimps on the surface.
• Fry until golden brown.
• Drain and serve with vinegar-garlic sauce.

Via: Carinderia