Shaza's Favourite Corn Fritters

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 375 g fresh corn kernels or 375 g frozen corn kernels
• 1/2 cup plain flour (all purpose flour)
• 1/2 cup rice flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder (optional but i use it)
• 1 medium yellow onion
• 1 stalk celery
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3/4 cup water
• good squeeze lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 sift the flours, baking powder & spices into a bowl.
• 2 cut onion into strips from top to bottom.
• 3 slice celery finely.
• 4 mix the water, egg & lemon juice, add to the flour mixture, beating till smooth. (extra water may need to added to get correct consistency of batter).
• 5 stir in the corn, onion and celery.
• 6 heat vegetable oil in a frying to a depth of 1/2 - 3/4 inch.
• 7 when oil is hot, drop large spoonfuls of mixture into the oil, spreading it with the back of a spoon to make a circle of about 3".
• 8 fry until the underside of the fritter is golden brown then flip over and do other side.
• 9 lift out and drain on absorbent paper placed on a wire rack. this helps keep the fritters crisp.
• 10 finish them off with a liberal sprinkle of sea salt and a squeeze of lemon.
• 11 note: the rice flour is what makes these babies extra crispy! i always use frozen extra sweet corn kernels.