Pumpkin fritters or “Pampoenkoekies” are quick to make and give a flavour of traditional South African food.
Despite what I’ve found on many sites, a pumpkin fritter is not “like a doughnut”, but rather like an American pancake, but made with a pureed pumpkin as a based and then flour and eggs are mixed in to make a batter. The batter is then shallow fried and once cooked; sprinkled with liberal amounts of cinnamon sugar whilst still hot.
It is traditionally served as a side dish to other traditional dishes such as chicken pie, bobotie and also other meat dishes such as “braai vleis” (BBQ’d meat), roast lamb and roast chicken.
For a quick and easy recipe for Butternut Fritters click here.
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These look amazing. Would the same thing work with other types of squash?
Yep. Just check consistency by “test-frying” a tiny bit of the batter first. Some squash tends to be more “watery” than others, so you may need to use a bit more flour. I just really like the flavour of butternut squash, however, tradtionally it’s made with pumpkin.
Let me know how it goes!