Typical Bakwan Pontianak And What Is The Name Of Bakwan Pontianak

What is the name of Bakwan Pontianak?

His name is bakwan pontianak. This bakwan comes inspired from 'bakwan lawit', a snack commonly found in the province of West Kalimantan. To enjoy this delicious Bakwan Pontianak, of course you don't need to go all the way to West Kalimantan. because this food is also available in Jakarta.

What Causes Hard Bakwan?

If there is too much flour, the bakwan dough can become hard and thick. if it's too runny, the dough can be thin and wide like crumbs.

What is Bakwan?

'bakwan' comes from the word rouwan. 'wan' means small round, so bakwan is a small round meat dish. Currently, bakwan is a mixture of vegetables, flour, fried spices and a variety of shrimp as toppings.

Can You Make Bakwan With Rice Flour?

Generally, the main ingredient of flour in bakwan is medium protein flour, but some add other flour to produce bakwan with a different texture. Generally, people add sago flour, rice flour, or even a combination of the two.

Ingredients

150 gr kuchai leaves, cut 0.5-0.8 cm
3 cloves of garlic, puree
3 red onions, finely chopped
1.5 tsp salt (adjust to taste)
1 tsp mushroom stock
1/2 tsp pepper
150 gr medium protein flour
30 gr cornstarch
300 ml cold water / ice water
2 tbsp reboned prawns

Toppings

Enough Rebon Shrimp

How to make

1. Mix flour, cornstarch, salt, mushroom broth and pepper.
2. Enter the onion duo, pour 2/3 of the water first, mix well, then pour the rest. The consistency of the dough is not runny but not too thick either.
3. Enter the kuchai and rebon prawns, mix well.
4. Pour a lot of oil into the pan and soak the mold in the oil, turn on the stove, use medium heat.
5. When the oil is hot, remove the mold from the oil, immediately fill it with the batter, put the rebon prawns on top while pressing so that the prawns don't come loose when frying.
6. Fry until brown, remove and drain. Serve with chili sauce, enjoy.

Sambal Ingredients

8 red chilies
3 big red chilies
(For the 2 chilies above can be replaced with 6 curly chilies)
3 cloves of garlic
100 ml water
3 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp kitchen vinegar
1 tbsp chili sauce
1 tbsp tomato sauce
Finely blend the chilies, garlic plus water, add all other ingredients (except vinegar), cook on low heat until boiling, add vinegar, let simmer for a while until thickened, remove and cool.