SWEETCORN FRITTERS WITH SWEET CHILLI DIP
SWEETCORN FRITTERS WITH SWEET CHILLI DIP
SWEETCORN FRITTERS WITH SWEET CHILLI DIP

Ingredients
  • 1 large free-range egg
  • 75g/2¾oz self-raising flour
  • 198g tin sweetcorn
  • undrained
  • 2 spring onions
  • trimmed and finely sliced
  • 1 long green or red chilli
  • finely chopped and seeds removed
  • if preferred
  • 25g/1oz fresh coriander leaves
  • finely chopped
  • ½ tsp flaked sea salt or ¼ tsp fine salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 4 tbsp natural yoghurt
  • 2 tsp sweet chilli dipping sauce
  • 2 vines cherry tomatoes
  • to serve
  • mixed leaves
  • to serve
  • lime wedges
  • for squeezing
  • 75g/2¾oz red cabbage
  • very finely shredded
  • 1 carrot
  • peeled and roughly grated
  • 2 spring onions
  • trimmed and finely sliced
  • ½ lime
  • juice only
Directions
  • Break the egg into a bowl and add the flour and 2 tablespoons of water. Beat with a wooden spoon until smooth and thick. Stir in the sweetcorn with the liquid contents of its tin and add the spring onions
  • chilli
  • coriander
  • salt and lots of pepper. Mix well.
  • Heat half of the oil in a large
  • non-stick frying pan. Gently drop 3 large spoonfuls of sweetcorn batter into the pan
  • keeping the fritters about 2–3cm/¾–1¼in apart. Flatten slightly with the back of a spoon. Cook over a medium–high heat for 3–4 minutes
  • or until the surface of each fritter looks dry and set and the base is lightly browned.
  • Turn over with a spatula and cook on the other side for a further 2–3 minutes
  • or until lightly browned and cooked through. Transfer to a warmed plate
  • lined with kitchen paper. Add the remaining oil to the pan and cook the remaining 3 fritters in the same way.
  • While the fritters are cooking
  • mix the yoghurt with the chilli sauce. For the slaw
  • mix together the cabbage
  • carrot
  • spring onions and lime juice in a small bowl. Serve the fritters with the chilli-yogurt dip
  • slaw
  • tomatoes
  • mixed leaves and lime wedges for squeezing over the top.