Pumpkin Fritters
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 2 lbs pumpkin, coarsely grated
- 1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)
- 2 green onions, sliced thin
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1⁄2 cup feta cheese, crumbled
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh dill
- 1 cup flour
- flour (for dredging)
- oil (for frying)
directions
- Lightly salt the grated pumpkin and put in a colander to drain for 1/2 an hour.
- Get out as much water as you can by squeezing the pumpkin between your hands, before proceeding with recipe.
- Lightly saute the onion and green onion in 1 tblsp olive oil in a non-stick skillet.
- In a bowl, combine the pumpkin with the onion and add the feta, egg and dill.
- When this is combined well, add the flour, a little at a time, until you have a very soft dough.
- Take a tablespoonful of the pumpkin dough and drop into a the flour you've put aside for dredging.
- Gently press down on the dough to give it a pillowey-disk shape.
- Turn over and dredge other side.
- Do this to a number of fritters (as many as you think will fit into your frying pan at one go without over-crowding).
- Heat oil (we use olive oil here in Greece, but a vegetable oil could be used instead) over medium heat and, when hot, add fritters.
- Fry until deep golden-brown on both sides.
- Remove to paper towels to drain.
- Repeat, using up remaining fritter dough.
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Reviews
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Being South African, and living abroad for 4 yrs, I certainly miss some of our "traditional foods". And since I have half a pumpkin in my fridge, I was wondering whether I could find the recipe for "pampoenkoekies". In general it is a wonderful side dish, and of course being SA bred, it is a family favourite, just like pancakes when it rains. Thanks a million.
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Was ready to try this recipe using canned pumpkin (with a modification or two), then a friend pointed out a market that carried pumpkins this time of year! I made these as finger food & they were a big hit with all my guests! My vegetarian son & DIL also enjoyed these ~ Definitely a keeper of a recipe! [Made & reviewed while in Greece on the Zaar World Tour 4]
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.