Chive Cakes from The Slanted Door - Cooking by the Book

Ingredients

• 1 pound Chinese chives, cut into 1-inch pieces
• ½ tablespoon minced garlic
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• ½ cup dried shrimp, soaked in hot water for 20 minutes, drained and finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 ½ teaspoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 cup diced, peeled, cooked water chestnut
• ½ cup chopped green onions white and light green parts only
• ½ teaspoon ground white pepper
• 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• ¾ pound shrimp, peeled, deveined, and coarsely chopped
• 1 tablespoon lard
• ½ tablespoon tapioca starch
• 2 cups wheat starch
• 1 cup tapioca starch
• 1 ½ tablespoons potato starch
• ½ tablespoon sugar
• ¾ teaspoons kosher salt
• ½ tablespoon canola oil
• 2 cups boiling water