Chinese Candied Apple - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 apples
200 g flour
2 eggs
20 g cornflour
10 g custard powder
120 g caster sugar
40 ml water
oil (for frying)
ice water, for dipping

Preparation

Peel and remove the seeds from the apple, cut into slices.
Make a thick batter by mixing together flour, egg, cornflour, custard powder and water.
Heal oil in a wok, dip the apple slices in the batter and deep fry. Remove, drain excess oil.
In a separate wok, heat sugar along with a little oil and water till it reaches a thread-like consistency.
Dip the apple slices in the sugar syrup to coat evenly.
Remove carefully from the sugar syrup and dip in ice water for a minute.
Serve immediately.