Shaza's Favourite Corn Fritters

Ingredients

• 375 g fresh corn kernels or 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

Directions

1. 1

   Sift the flours, baking powder & spices into a bowl.

2. 2

   Cut onion into strips from top to bottom.

3. 3

   Slice celery finely.

4. 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. 5

   stir in the corn, onion and celery.

6. 6

   heat vegetable oil in a frying to a depth of 1/2 - 3/4 inch.

7. 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. 8

   Fry until the underside of the fritter is golden brown then flip over and do other side.

9. 9

   Lift out and drain on absorbent paper placed on a wire rack. This helps keep the fritters crisp.

10. 10

    finish them off with a liberal sprinkle of sea salt and a squeeze of lemon.

11. 11

    NOTE: The rice flour is what makes these babies extra crispy! I always use frozen extra sweet corn kernels.