Bala-bala a.k.a Mix Vegetables Fritter

Most of us must be familiar with fried fish or fried chicken. Both of them are popular fried meals in almost every country in the world. Fried rice and fried noodle are popular dishes in Asian countries. Frying is one of the easy cooking methods (bear in mind, I'm not talking about healthy or unhealthy cooking method here :P).

In my beloved Indonesia, almost every type of food can be fried. Banana fritter probably is the most popular fried fruit, but we also have pineapple fritter or jackfruit fritter (please raise your hand if you have ever tried them). Don't you thing it is very creative? ha..ha...ha..

Not only fruit. One of the popular street fried food is Bala-bala or mix-vegetables fritter. Some people call it Bakwan. It is made of mix vegetables (shredded carrot, chopped cabbage and bean sprout), flour, egg, salt and some spice. Normally, it is served with chilli paddy; oh yes... they are small but very hot.

In my kitchen, I have been trying to produce crispy and un-greasy fritters. After several time 'trial and error' cooking, finally I found out that it's better to use rice flour plus 2-3 tablespoons of wheat flour instead of using only wheat flour.
That's what I did when I prepared this Bala-bala. I got a very good result; a crispy skin but soft inside meat plus ungreasy fritters.

This time I'm just posting one picture of the food that I cook. The reason, ... I just took some picture from 1 angle, and suddenly my camera battery was drained empty. After charging the battery, the fritters were gone!

Mix Vegetable Fritter a.k.a Bala-bala

Bala-Bala
source : Dapurbunda
Bahan:
150 g tepung terigu (I used rice flour + some wheat flour).
1 butir telur ayam
100 ml air
100 g daun kol, iris halus
100 g wortel, iris halus kecil
50 g taoge, bersihkan
1 batang daun bawang, iris halus
minyak goreng
Haluskan:
2 butir kemiri
2 siung bawang putih
1 butir bawang merah
½ sdt merica butiran
1 sdt garam
Cara membuat:
Aduk tepung terigu, telur dan air hingga licin.
Masukkan bumbu halus, aduk rata.
Tambahkan sayuran, aduk rata.
Goreng sesendok demi sesendok makan adonan dalam minyak panas dan banyak
hingga kering dan matang.
Angkat, sajikan hangat.
Untuk 16 buah

*please let me know if you need the recipes in English version.

The pictures below were taken in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on January 2009 during our vacation there. These are some popular street 'fried' food that very easy to be found around the city. Here, in India, everytime I see samosa, my mind is transported back to these kind of food. Don't you thing they look so tempting.

Batagor

Batagor Simpang Dago, Bandung

Comments

nath said…
bala-bala biasanya dimakan sama nasi uduk.. nyam-nyam... Love it, sometime I eat that for breakfast..;)
Rita Sella said…
van... fovouriteku nih hahaha...
lg dingin gak bisa goreng2 dulu, numpang disini aza ya... bawa minum sendiri dweh
Indonesia Eats said…
mbak, itu bala2 foto di atas gak diikutin di jugalbandi juga? soalnya khan judulnya stacks.
kau mau bala2nyaa
Unknown said…
adowh paling doyan nih ma yang ginian....congrats balik yaaaahhh hehehe :)
Dian Degen said…
Salam kenal Vania..
Bala2 udah lama ga makan nih.. yummy!!
Unknown said…
bala² difoto ama dirimu jadi cakep bener Van. ikutin click: stack juga dwong..
Anonymous said…
Hi Van,
baru nemu lagi nih blogmu.. hehehe..
wah, foto2nya keren abizzz! Salut deh.
Resep-resepnya aku contek yaa :) (teteup...)
*Sindhi
Foni said…
doyanan gue tuh bala222...
ehh batagornya tak kuku22222 ngiler van dahkenbayang bumbu2 kacangnye
Dila said…
Terima kasih atas posting resep ini dan penyajiannya yang unik. Sangat bermanfaat untuk saya sajikan utk keluarga di rumah.
Anonymous said…
Hi!! I'd love to get the recipe of the Bala-bala in english!!!if you can send it to my email (silcamsa@hotmail.com), or post it here , it'd be great!
thanks! Silvia
novi said…
mbak, bala-balanya bagus banget bisa tinggi gitu.. gmn cara gorengnya?
Anonymous said…
Can you please post the Bala-bala recipe in English? Terima kasih!
LYNN said…
Can I have the recipe in English, too, please? Kindly send it to zlynn17@gmail.com. Thank you very much for sharing. The bala bala looks really good!
San said…
mba aku minta resep bala2nya pake bhs inggris donk.. baru pindah ni, mana ngidam makanan jajanan indo tingkat tinggi pula.. ke email aku ya mba, makasy.. inggriani1@hotmail.com
Anonymous said…
Hi! I would also like to have the recipe in english. I have an Indonesian friend who let me taste Bala Bala and its very good. I would like to make for my family.

Please send the english recipe to my email otep_iya@yahoo.com.

Thank you very much. =)
Unknown said…
Mba bisa minta resepnya pake bahasa inggris
Email mis.violet87@gmail.com
Anonymous said…
Hi
I tryed them and they are delicious! I would like to do that aswell.. can you send me the receipt in english to travelmad@pingnet.ch?
Thanks a lot!
Cheers, Danny
Paulyn said…
Hi can I have the recipe in English please. Tx.
Anonymous said…
Dear vania
I World Love to have the recipe in english- i am so in Love With bala-bala, i would ne so happy to Cook them. in Germany! Would you be so Kind to send me a translation ?
Tammy_schmack@web.de
Thanks a Lot!!!
Anonymous said…
Yes please send me the recipe in English. btdtdantx@hotmail.com
thank you very much for this recipe ,it seem the recipe not to dificult to make..im going to make one at home for my husband