Corn fritters with sweet chilli Sauce

Corn fritters, tomato and a small bowl of red sauce on a plate.

This corn fritters recipe not only provides the corn fritters, but also the matching sweet chilli sauce - all homemade by you. People WILL be impressed as you roll out brunch.

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Course Brunch, Lunch, Snack

Servings people

Ingredients

Sweet Chilli Sauce

¾ cup rice vinegar
½ cup sugar
1 ½ tsp red chili flakes
1 ½ tsp salt
1 large clove garlic minced

Corn fritters

1 cup flour
¼ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 tsp ground coriander
½ tsp ground cumin
1 egg lightly beaten
1 tsp lemon juice
½ cup water
2 cups corn kernels
4 spring onions finely sliced
dash of sweet chilli sauce
¼ cup chopped coriander leaves
Rice bran oil for frying

Instructions

Make the dipping sauce by combining all of the sauce ingredients into a small saucepan. Cook on medium heat, stirring with a wooden spoon, until sugar dissolves.
Increase the heat to medium high, let boil for 5-10 minutes or so, until the mixture becomes somewhat syrupy. Remove from heat and let cool.
The sauce should continue to thicken as it cools. If it becomes too thick, you can add a little water to it to thin it out a bit.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, ground coriander, and ground cumin in a medium bowl.
Add egg, lemon juice and water. Stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until smooth.
Add the corn, onions, chilli and corainder. Stir until just combined.
Heat a large frying pan on medium high heat. Add enough oil to generously coat the bottom of the pan.
When oil is hot (shimmering not smoking), spoon about 2 heaping tablespoons worth of fritter batter into the pan to form one fritter, patting it down with the back of the spoon as soon as it is in the pan. Work in batches. Leave about 2cm between the fritters in the pan.
Cook for about 2-3 minutes on each side, flipping the fritters when they are nicely browned on one side. When browned on the other side, remove the fritters to a plate lined with paper towels to absorb the excess fat.
Add rice bran oil as needed to keep the bottom of the pan well coated. Note that the fritters will likely splatter a bit as you are cooking. So, either use a screen splatter guard, or wear long sleeved clothes while you cook.
Serve immediately with your own sweet chili dipping sauce.