Yoo Tiao or Yau Cha Kwai , Street Food, Malaysia. 

Google the origins of Yau Cha Kwai (Oil Fry the Devil)
Oil Fried Devil.
In more modern times, people use a nicer name called "Yoo Tiao" (Fried Sticks).
Why fry the devil? Why are they fried in a pair?
Hint: it was a couple. The people protested against the devillish pair of husband and wife who conspired to get the people's Hero executed by the then government.
They loved the hero general dearly.