Place the flour, sugar, and salt in a medium bowl and stir to mix. In a pitcher, lightly beat the eggs, add in the coconut milk, and butter and stir to combine. Pour this over the flour mixture and stir until you have a smooth batter. Let stand for at least 20 minutes, or as long as 2 hours. (If leaving more than 30 minutes, cover and refrigerate until 10 minutes before using)
Prepare the dipping sauce:
Put all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer until the sugar dissolves. Set aside to let it cool down
Cook the crepes:
Just before starting to cook, stir the dried shrimp into the batter. The batter should be like crepe batter, smooth and pourable. If necessary, thin it with a little more coconut milk.
Place a heavy 8-inch or 9-inch skillet over high heat. When it is hot, lower the heat to medium and rub a paper towel oiled with peanut or vegetable oil over the cooking surface
Ladle about 3 Tbsp batter and drop a coriander leaf or two into it. Remove the skillet from the heat, pour the batter onto the center of the skillet, and spread it out with the back of your ladle or spatula or you can tilt the skillet to help it to spread. Place the skillet back on the heat and let cook for 1 minute, or until lightly browned on the first side, then turn the crepe over and cook for 35 to 40 seconds on the second side, or until dotted with light brown spots
Turn out onto a plate and repeat with the remaining batter, wiping the skillet with an oiled paper towel between each one
Serving:
Serve hot or warm, on their own or with a plate of lettuce leaves and and the dipping sauce. Or you could put out a spicy Mexican-style salsa instead. Invite guests to tear off a piece of crepe, wrap it in a lettuce leaf, and drizzle it with sauce or salsa before eating
Notes
You can use a waffle iron too: Preheat the waffle iron. Brush it with oil, then use a ladle to pour the batter onto the center of the iron: Use the same amount of batter as you would for a regular waffle. Before you close the waffle iron, the batter should just cover about half the surface because the batter will be pushed out to fill the whole iron. Cook until lightly browned on both sides. Turn out onto a plate and repeat with the remaining batter, brushing the iron lightly with oil between cookingYou can sub coconut milk with water or cow’s milk if you prefer too