This recipe for sweet corn fritters is made with very basic ingredients, is very quick and easy, and a very cheap meal. The sweetcorn can be swapped out for many other vegetables and changed around in many different ways.

This particular sweet corn fritter recipe is naturally vegan if that interests you.

What do I need to make healthy corn fritters

Makes 2 portions

• 175g sweetcorn
• 50g self raising flour
• 50ml vegetable oil
• To serve
• 400g potatoes
• 160g peas

How do I make this recipe for sweet corn fritters

• First of all make some oven wedges.
  • Scrub the potatoes and cut them into wedges.
  • Toss them with some oil, salt and pepper.
  • Put them in a medium oven and roast for about half an hour.
  • You could microwave them until semi cooked to cut this time down, and give them a good shake to rough up the edges a bit to get crispier wedges
• Put the sweetcorn and flour in a bowl and add enough water to make a thick batter.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan and drop spoonfuls of corny batter into the pan.
• Cook until set and golden on one side, flip over and cook the other side.
• Cook the peas
• Serve with the oven wedges and peas

Variations

• You could put the peas in the batter and serve the sweetcorn as the side vegetable, makes a nice change, perhaps adding some fine chopped mint
• Swap the sweetcorn for
  • beetroot, with maybe some horseradish
  • sweet potato
  • carrots
  • fennel
  • leftover garlicky roasted vegetables
  • butternut squash
  • even radish
• Add some spices to the batter for a deliciously different fritter, any that you have and like
• Use sweet potatoes for the wedges instead of white potatoes
• To make gluten free corn fritters, change the flour and use gram flour or a gluten free mix
• Serve with some chutney, or ketchup
• Putting scraps of meat and veg in a flour batter can make use of all kinds of bits and pieces. You could use the end of a carrot, a couple of onion petals and a tblsp of peas for instance.

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Sweetcorn fritters, wedges & peas

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Simple little fritters, very quick and easy

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Prep Time: 10 minutes mins

Cook Time: 30 minutes mins

Total Time: 40 minutes mins

Course:

Dinner

,

Lunch

Cuisine:

American

Vegan

,

Vegetarian

Dairy Free

,

Freezes Well

,

Low Fat

,

Nut Free

,

Vegan

,

Vegetarian

Servings: 2

Cost per portion 40p

Calories: 603kcal

Author: Thrifty Lesley

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Ingredients

Fritters

• ▢ 175 g sweetcorn
• ▢ 50 g flour self raising
• ▢ 25 ml oil

Wedges

• ▢ 400 g white potatoes
• ▢ 25 ml oil

To Serve

• ▢ 160 g peas

Instructions

Oven Wedges

• ▢
  First of all make some oven wedges. Scrub the potatoes and cut them into wedges.  Toss them with some oil, salt and pepper.
  400 g white potatoes, 25 ml oil
• ▢
  Put them in a medium oven and roast for about half an hour.
• ▢
  Or you could microwave them until semi cooked to cut this time down, and give them a good shake to rough up the edges a bit to get crispier wedges

Fritters

• ▢
  Put the sweetcorn and flour in a bowl and add enough water to make a thick batter.
  175 g sweetcorn, 50 g flour
• ▢
  Heat the oil in a frying pan and drop spoonfuls of corny batter into the pan. Cook until set and golden on one side, flip over and cook the other side. Make sure they are crispy, much nicer that way
  25 ml oil
• ▢
  Cook the peas.
  160 g peas
• ▢
  Serve with the oven wedges and peas

Equipment Needed

small sharp knife

chopping board

mixing bowl

large mixing spoon

pan to fry in

Notes

• Variations

  • You could put the peas in the batter and serve the sweetcorn as the side vegetable, makes a nice change, perhaps adding some fine chopped mint
  • Swap the sweetcorn for
    • beetroot, with maybe some horseradish
    • sweet potato
    • carrots
    • fennel
    • leftover garlicky roasted vegetables
    • butternut squash
    • even radish
  • Add some spices to the batter for a deliciously different fritter, any that you have and like
  • Use sweet potatoes for the wedges instead of white potatoes
  • Change the flour and use gram flour or a gluten free mix
  • Serve with some chutney, or ketchup
  • Putting scraps of meat and veg in a flour batter can make use of all kinds of bits and pieces. You could use the end of a carrot, a couple of onion petals and a tblsp of peas for instance.
   

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Sweetcorn fritters, wedges & peas

Amount per Serving

Calories

603

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

26

g

40

%

Saturated Fat

 

2

g

13

%

Trans Fat

 

1

g

Polyunsaturated Fat

 

8

g

Monounsaturated Fat

 

15

g

Sodium

 

17

mg

1

%

Potassium

 

1255

mg

36

%

Carbohydrates

 

84

g

28

%

Fiber

 

12

g

50

%

Sugar

 

10

g

11

%

Protein

 

14

g

28

%

Vitamin A

 

846

IU

17

%

Vitamin C

 

76

mg

92

%

Calcium

 

50

mg

5

%

Iron

 

4

mg

22

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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