Ingredients for 4 servings

1/8 teaspoon each salt and pepper
¼ cup cold water
½ cup all-purpose flour, divided
1 cup shredded coconut
1 pound fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined, tail on
Oil, for frying

Directions

Heat oil in a large pan or deep fryer.

In a medium bowl, whisk ¼ cup of the flour, salt and pepper, and cold water until smooth.

Place the other ¼ cup flour in a small bowl, and the coconut in another.

Dip the shrimp, one at a time, in the batter from step 2, and then dip it in the flour, and then in the coconut – pressing the coconut in so it sticks. Cook in the hot oil, a few at a time, until golden, and then set on paper towel to drain some of the oil. Serve hot.