Crab Rice Balls

Prepare Time : 0-5 minutes
Cooking Time : 41-50 minutes
For : 4 Persons
Taste : Mild

Ingredients
1. Crab meat 2 cups
2. Short grain rice 1/4 cup
3. Vegetable stock 1/2 cup
4. Olive oil 1 tablespoon
5. Garlic chopped 1/2 tablespoon
6. Onion finely chopped 1 small
7. Salt to taste
8. Crushed black peppercorns to taste
9. Fresh coriander leaves chopped 1 tablespoon
10. Oil for deep-frying
11. Eggs 2
12. Cornflour 1/4 cup
13. Breadcrumbs 1 cup

How to cook ?
Step 1 : Boil vegetable stock in a deep non-stick pan.
Step 2 : Heat olive oil in another non-stick pan, add garlic and sauté. Add onion and sauté till it turns soft.
Step 3 : Add rice and mix well. Add ladleful of boiling stock and stir constantly till the liquid is absorbed. Continue to add the stock, little at a time, till it gets over. Keep stirring till the rice is cooked. Add crabmeat and mix well.
Step 4 : Add salt and crushed peppercorns and mix well. Add coriander leaves and mix well. Switch off the heat and cool down the mixture to room temperature.
Step 5 : Heat sufficient oil in a kadai.
Step 6 : Break eggs in a bowl and whisk well.
Step 7 : Divide rice mixture into twelve equal portions and shape them into balls.
Step 8 : Roll the balls in the cornflour and dust off the excess. Dip them in the whisked eggs and coat in the breadcrumbs.
Step 9 : Deep-fry the prepared balls in hot oil till golden. Drain on an absorbent paper.
Step 10 : Serve hot.