Deep frying anchovies

-ingredients

• dried anchovies (ikan bilis)
• cooking oil

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-method

1. heat thick bottomed saucepan with 4 to 5 cm cooking oil, 5 to 10 min
2. test temperature of oil by dropping one or two dried anchovies into the hot oil.
3. they will ‘float up’ within second
4. drop in only one handful of dried anchovies to fry each time when oil foam and faint crackling sound is heard
5. stir with a pair of wooden chopsticks and pick one up to test, 4 to 5 min
6. drain anchovies of oil