How to Cook Sweet Corn Fritters With Tomato Salsa

Yields: 10 fritters

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 20 mins

Ingredients needed to make Sweet Corn Fritters With Tomato Salsa:

For the fritters:

• 100 gm self-raising flour
• 1 can (326 gm) sweetcorn, drained
• 1 red chilli, seeded and finely chopped
• 3 spring onions, trimmed and sliced diagonally
• Handful of fresh cilantro, coarsely chopped
• 3 tbsp milk
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

For the salsa:

• 3 tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped
• 1 green chili, finely chopped
• ¼ small red onion, finely chopped
• Leaves of 6 cilantro sprigs, chopped
• Juice of a lime
• Large pinch of sugar
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Cooking instructions for Sweet Corn Fritters With Tomato Salsa:

• Place the flour in a large bowl and crack the egg into it.
• Whisk them together, while pouring the milk in a steady stream, until they blend properly into a thick, sticky batter.
• Empty the can of sweet corn into it and fold it into the batter, along with the spring onions, cilantro and chili.
• Stir in a dash of seasonings and continue to stir until they are well coated with the batter.
• Drizzle rapeseed oil in a skillet and wait until it turns hot over moderate heat.
• Spoon it few tablespoon of the mixture onto the hot skillet and shallow fry it, in batches, until the bottom is cooked slightly.
• Spread it out slightly and continue to fry until it turns golden brown in colour.
• Flip it over and continue to cook for a couple of minutes, while pressing it down with the wooden spoon, until the other side browns too.
• Transfer them to a plate, lined with kitchen paper, to absorb any excess oil and keep warm until rest of the fritters are made in a similar fashion.
• For the salsa, toss the tomatoes, cilantro, onion and chili together and drizzle some freshly squeezed out lime juice over  them.
• Sprinkle a pinch each of sugar as well as the seasonings and continue to toss until they are well combined.
• Arrange the fritters on serving plates and spoon the tomato salsa on top of each.
• Serve warm.

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Last Updated on February 13, 2013 by