Sa Chi Ma Recipe

Ingredients :

1 cup

2 teaspoons

3

225 g

175 g

1 cup

Flour

Baking powder

Eggs

Sugar

Maltose or honey

Water

Oil for deep-frying

1. Sift flour and baking powder onto a pastry board.
2. Spread to form a hollow in the center, add eggs, blend well.
3. Then knead the dough thoroughly until it is smooth.
4. Roll the dough with a rolling pin until it is like a big pancake about 3 mm in thickness.
5. Cut it into 5cm long thin strips.
6. Dust strips with flour so they won't stick together.
7. Heat up the oil and deep-fry the thin strips in batches for 45 seconds until light golden.
8. Remove and drain.
9. Place the sugar, maltose or honey and water in a saucepan.
10. Bring it to the boil over a high heat.
11. Simmer and stir until the mixture is like a syrup.
12. Add the thin strips and mix thoroughly until each strip is coated with syrup.
13. Turn it out into a pre-greased cake tin and press to form one big piece
14. When cool, cut it into squares with a sharp knife.