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Deep-Fried Yellow Bean Paste (Baa Yir)

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Submitted by MOUSEBURGER

Moong dal pounded into a paste with red curry and kaffir lime, shaped into walnut-sized balls and fried golden. Served with a sweet rice vinegar dipping sauce. A traditional Thai snack.

YIELD

3 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

20 min

READY

30 min

Baa Yir is one of those Thai snacks that barely anyone outside of Southeast Asia knows about, and that’s a shame because it’s absolutely worth discovering.

Moong beans get pounded into a paste, then mixed with red curry paste, kaffir lime leaves, and a touch of soy sauce. The paste gets shaped into loose, walnut-sized balls and dropped into hot oil until golden and crispy on the outside.

The dipping sauce is dead simple: sugar dissolved in rice vinegar with a pinch of salt. Sweet, tangy, and the ideal counterpoint to that curry-spiced crunch.

Chef Tips

  • Don’t pack the balls too tightly. Loose shaping gives them a lighter, more textured crust when fried
  • Make sure your moong beans are well drained before pounding. Extra moisture makes the paste too wet to hold shape
  • The sauce should cool completely before serving so it thickens slightly
  • Kaffir lime leaves are the aromatic backbone here. Fresh is best, but frozen works in a pinch

Ingredients

4 115.6
OUNCES ML/G MOONG DAL
beans *
1 15
TABLESPOON ML ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR
plain
2 10
TEASPOONS ML RED CURRY PASTE *
1 15
TABLESPOON ML SOY SAUCE, LIGHT
1 5
TEASPOON ML SUGAR
2 2
1
X VEGETABLE OIL
for deep-frying, to taste *
The sauce
4 60
TABLESPOONS ML SUGAR
6 90
TABLESPOONS ML RICE VINEGAR
½ 2.5
TEASPOON ML SALT

Directions

In a mortar pound the drained moong beans to form a paste.

Add the other ingredients in turn, stirring well.

Pluck a small piece of the paste and form into a ball the size of a walnut.

Do not mould too tightly.

Deep-fry the balls until golden brown, drain and serve with the thick sweet sauce below.

THE SAUCE: Gently heat the three ingredients until the sugar dissolves.

Allow to cool before serving.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 55g (1.9 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 87 0% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 561mg 23%
Total Carbohydrate 7g 7%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars g
Protein 1g
Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0% Iron 2%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Low Fat, Fat-Free, Low in Saturated Fat, Low Cholesterol, Cholesterol-Free, Trans-fat Free
 
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