Alley Fritter ยท After-School Snack
You Dunzi (Radish Fritters)
๐ท Closely related photo โ Photo: Galaxyharrylion / Wikimedia Commons ยท CC BY-SA 3.0
Each fritter is fried inside its own oval iron ladle: batter, a fistful of shredded radish and scallion, more batter on top, then the whole mould goes into the oil.
A thick, crisp fritter of shredded radish and scallion in flour batter, sometimes topped with a small river shrimp, deep-fried golden.
Why it's made this way: Vendors once set up at lane (longtang) entrances in the morning or afternoon, catching children as school let out; it remains a nostalgic Shanghai street snack, though now hard to find.
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Part of World of Street Food โ 3439 dishes from 118 countries.
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