Peel and wash the white radish then grate
Blanche the grated white radish in a pot of boiling water for 1 minute and drain in a colander
After white radish has cooled, take a handful and squeeze out the water and put into a mixing bowl. Continue until all the white radish have had the water extracted and set aside The goal is to squeeze out as much liquid as possible
Wash and chop the green onions into small pieces and set aside
Marinade the ground pork with 2 large eggs, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp light soy sauce, ½ tsp salt, 1 tsp cornstarch. Mix well
Add grated white radish into pork mixture and mix well
Add 1 tsp salt and 80g sweet potato starch and mix well
Add green onions to the mixture and mix well
Add 1 c sweet potato starch onto a plate For pan-frying, go to step 21
Prepare oil and pot for deep-frying. Heat oil to 130˚C or 266˚F
Use 2 spoons or a small-sized ice cream scoop to shape a meatball that is approx. 3 cm or 1” in diameter and then put it into the sweet potato starch Use a spoon to apply the sweet potato starch onto the meatball. Once the meatball is covered with the sweet potato starch, then they won’t be sticky when you touch them with your hands
Roll the meatball around the sweet potato starch until the whole meatball is covered
Then use your hands to roll it into a ball and set aside. Continue until all the meatballs are rolled
When the oil is at 130˚C or 266˚F, you can start putting the balls in the oil. The balls won’t expand but you should still avoid overcrowding to prevent the oil temperature from lowering too much. I used a 14” wok with 1 L of oil and I could put in around 12 meatballs at a time
Fry for 5 minutes and remove from the oil and onto a grid pan to rest. Continue frying until all the meatballs have fried for 5 minutes
Once all the meatballs have been fried once, increase the heat until the oil temperature is 180˚C or 356˚F.
Prepare a large mixing bowl or paper bag to coat the fritters with the spice powders
Put the meatballs back into the oil for a second fry. This time, fry for 1-2 minutes until they are golden in colour. Remove from the oil and onto the grid pan
Put the balls into a bowl or paper bag and add 1 tsp of Japanese 7 spice Powder and 1 tsp of 5 spice powder and mix well
Serve