Crawfish Puffs

Ingredients

• all-purpose flour
  1 cup
• baking powder
  1½ teaspoons
• salt
  1 teaspoon
• ground black pepper
  ½ teaspoon
• onion powder
  ½ teaspoon
• milk
  ¾ cup
• eggs

  separated
  2 unit
• vegetable oil
  1 tablespoon
• cooked rice
  3 cups
• (3¼ cups) peeled

  cooked crawfish tails, coarsely chopped
  1½ pounds
• minced green pepper
  ¼ cup
• teaspoonhot pepper sauce
  1 unit
• vegetable oil for deep-fat frying
  1 unit
• cocktail sauce or tartar sauce (optional)
  1 unit