Chinese Recipe : Deep Fried Meatballs

This is a vegetarian dish.

Ingredients:

A:

• 1 cup Chinese mushroom stems
  
• ½ cup soy protein
  
• 1 cup water chestnuts
  
• 1 thin stalk of celery

B:

• 2 tbsp sweet potato starch
  
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
  
• 1 tsp MSG (optional)
  
• 1 tsp sugar
  
• ¼ tsp salt
  
• ½ tsp black pepper
  
• 1 egg
  
• 1 tbsp sesame oil

Directions:

1. Soak the mushroom stems until soft (at least 2 hours), trim off the lower ends and pound into shreds. Chop the water chestnuts. Soak the soy protein until soft (20 minutes), then boil in water for 2 minutes; remove and rinse. Squeeze out the water and chop into small pieces. Chop the celery.
2. Mix A with B thoroughly. Shape into "meat ball". Deep-fry in oil (100°C) over low heat for 3 minutes. Remove and serve.

Note:

1. This dish can be eaten with ketchup or a pepper-salt mixture.
2. Deep-fry the meat balls over low heat but increase the heat to high 30 seconds before removing them.