2 C. cooked pumpkin

½ C. all-purpose flour

½ tsp. salt

2 tsp. baking powder

1 T. plus one tsp. granulated sugar

2 large eggs

Extra flour, if needed

Vegetable oil, for frying

 

Option 1 – Sweet (traditional version):

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1 tsp. granulated sugar

Cinnamon sugar, for dusting

 

Option 2 – Sweet and spicy:

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

2 T. minced cilantro (a.k.a. fresh coriander)

Juice of one lemon

1 T. mango chutney

1 green chili, minced

 

Option 3 – Savory:

2 tsp. roasted garlic paste

Handful chopped fresh herbs of your choosing (I used basil, oregano and marjoram)

Pinch of salt

 

Using a food processor, blend together the pumpkin, flour, salt, baking powder and sugar. Add the eggs and blend until the mixture forms a thick batter that is firm enough to hold its shape when scooped up with a spoon. If the batter is too soft, add some additional flour. At this point, you can follow one of the options above, or divide your batter into twos or threes and make several different types of fritters. Just mix in the ingredients listed under the option of your choice, reducing the quantities as appropriate if you are dividing up your batter. Heat the oil in a fry pan over medium heat. Then, drop heaped T. of the batter into the pan, leaving a bit of space between each fritter. Fry the fritters in batches until they are firm and golden on their undersides. Carefully flip over and fry on other side. The fritters are done if you can press them and they spring back, and no batter squishes out from the sides. Serve fresh from the fry pan, or cover the fritters that are ready with a clean tea towel as you prepare the subsequent batches. Or, if are cooking other items to accompany the fritters, keep the fritters warm in a 100°C (210°F) oven. If you made option 1, dust your fritters with some cinnamon-sugar. Garnish the other options as you please! I roasted the pumpkin I used in this recipe, but you could also boil it. If you do boil the pumpkin, ensure it is very dry before you begin making the batter. Note, too, that the possibilities of how to modify your pumpkin fritters are pretty endless. You could add some currants to the sweet fritter, for example, or maybe make a savory one with zucchini (shredded, salted and well-drained) and crumbled feta. Depending on your additions, you may need to blend in extra flour to thicken the batter, or milk to thin it.

 

 

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