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from: Western Africa | cooking method: deep frying

Fritters

Fritters are bite-sized pieces of fruit, vegetable, meat or cheese coated in a seasoned flour batter and deep-fried. Fritters and similar foods have been popular all over the world for centuries: think of Apple Fritters in England, Frittelle di Ricotta in Italy; Onion Rings in the United States, Pakoras in India, and Tempura in Japan. Fritters are a popular snack food all over Africa, perhaps most popular in Western Africa, where they are often made with bananas, maize, or pineapple. For European-American style dinners, fritters make a good side dish or dessert. See also: Akara.

What you need

• Batter:
  • two cups all-purpose flour, sifted
  • one teaspoon baking powder
  • salt and pepper, to taste -- or -- one teaspoon sugar or brown sugar (use salt and pepper for vegetable fritters; use sugar for fruit fritters)
  • two eggs, beaten
  • one cup milk or water
  • two tablespoons cooking oil


• Main Ingredient (two cups of any one of the following):
  • corn (maize); (fresh, off the cob; or canned, drained)
  • okra, cleaned and sliced
  • bananas, peeled and sliced
  • pineapple, sliced or cut into chunks (fresh; or canned, drained)
  • cooked, mashed pumpkin
  • cooked, mashed sweet potato
  • any other fruit or vegetable


• oil for deep frying

What you do

• Prepare batter by mixing all ingredients in a bowl. Add a bit more liquid if necessary. Batter should be thick enough to cling to a spoon without dripping.
• Pour oil into deep skillet or pot, to a depth of one to two inches. Heat oil to 375°F (190°C).
• If using small ingredients like corn, or okra slices, or banana slices:
  Stir the ingredient into the batter. Carefully spoon the batter into the oil. Fry until golden brown, turning a few times. If using large ingredients like pineapple slices:
  Dip the ingredient into the batter. Carefully transfer to the oil. Fry until golden brown, turning a few times.

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