Deep Frying

Mushrooms,  Mixed Vegetables And Green Tomatoes

Another useful preparation for vegetables is to deep fry.  It makes delicious dishes but has to be done correctly.  The oil has to be hot enough, and we must not forget all the rules (refer to the cooking methods) to achieve excellent results.

Deep Fried Mushrooms

Deep Fried Mixed Vegetables

To Refresh:
Deep frying - one of the Methods Of Cooking from The Principle of Cookery.
- Deep frying is always to be recommended for any food covered with egg and breadcrumbs. It is absolutely necessary when frying in a batter that the whole object is immersed in the boiling fat immediately. Being entirely coated with its protective jacket, it cannot absorb the fat it is fried in and become greasy, and also it needs little attention as the food is not inclined to burn, the temperature being even all over.

Preparations and Frying

For Green Tomatoes, Mushrooms and Mixed Vegetables
The batter: 1/2 cup self-raising flour, 1 egg, 1/2 cup water salt and 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese. Mix these ingredients together to make a light, thin batter. Keep aside to rest

Add a tablespoon grated Parmesan before cooking

The deep frying green tomatoes. 

Slice green firm tomatoes sprinkle with salt lightly. Dip in a batter then fries in hot vegetable oil until golden. Fish them out and rest them on absorbent papers

Using the same method and batter to deep fry the mushrooms and the mixed vegetables.

The deep frying mushrooms and mixed vegetables

Add any chopped fresh herbs into the batter, spoon the mixture, drop in the hot oil, fry them until golden brown.

Note:

Using fresh oil is the best for deep frying

After cooking, keep the oil cool, strain

You can use this oil for another deep frying once more

Discard the fat, put in a container.

(Fry in a small deep pot to avoid wasting oil)

Now you have it, the deep fry practice, it's easy enough.

The next cooking method is coming soon.

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Susy