Family Food Fight: The Alatini's Octopus with Ponzu Dipping Sauce - 9Kitchen

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 4 tablespons boiling water
• ½ red chilli, finely chopped
• 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• zest and juice of 1 small lemon
• 4 tablespoons Kewpie mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon Sriracha hot sauce
• 1 witlof
• 4 (100g) radish, trimmed, finely sliced
• ½ cup parsley leaves
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• pulp and juice of 1 passionfruit
• salt
• pepper
• 8 whole baby octopus (650g)
• 1 cup potato starch
• 1½ teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons pepper
• 2 teaspoons five spice
• 2 egg whites
• vegetable oil, for frying (about 1.5L)