2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons shortening
1 1/2 cups milk
1 to 3 pounds shrimp
Oil (for frying)
Shell and de−vein shrimp. Combine all ingredients except shrimp. Mix well. This makes a thick batter.
Add 3 or 4 shrimp at a time, making sure each shrimp it coated well. Drop shrimp into hot cooking oil
and cook until golden brown on both sides.
