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Fruits and Veggies Monday - Grandma's Spicy Pumpkin Fritters

lizellePosted for Everyone to comment on, 5 years ago3 min read

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Sugar and spice and all things nice!

All my friends know by now that I have a super sweet tooth, so when I saw the bright orange inside this little grey pumpkin, I knew just what I'll be making for all our Fruits and Veggies friends - Grandma's Pumpkin Fritters rolled in a Cinnamon Sugar mix, was a real trip down memory lane as I have not made these for a long time. Hubby is a type 1 diabetic so cannot tempt him too much - he's also on Keto at present so this is one of the veggies that's a no-no for him!

As we're going into winter here, there's a huge variety of winter squashes and pumpkins around; I used this grey Pumpkin for my Pumpkin Fritters.
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A Hokkaido Squash I used a while back to make stuffed Pumpkin, just love the colours in this photo.
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Our Pumpkin fritters are often served with the main course especially in the Afrikaans speaking home being a typical South African veggie dish. In the Afrikaans culture, sugar is added to many veggies - glazed Carrots, Gem Squashes are sweetened, baby peas & mint will also get some sugar added as do Pumpkin and Sweet Potatoes as well.
I grew up in an Afrikaans home but my mom was not one for all the sugar laden veggies, but pumpkin fritters were the exception as this was my Grannie's favourite.

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So without further ado, I'm late to the party already, here is the how-to:

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups cooked mashed Pumpkin
  • 1 Flax Seed Egg - 1 tbs Flax Seeds + 2 1/2 tbs Water
  • 125 ml Stoneground Cake Wheat Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • Salt
  • Oil for frying
  • Sugar & Cinnamon mix

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Mix Pumpkin, Flax Egg, Flour, Baking Powder and Salt together.
Place spoonsful in shallow hot Oil & fry till golden brown on both sides, careful when turning.
Drain excess oil on a paper towel.
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Roll in Cinnamon Sugar mix and serve.
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Yep, I got my sugar rush so was a happy gal!
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One last look at the making:
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Hope you enjoyed my Pumpkin Fritters today!

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A sincere thank you to the creator of #fruitsandveggiesmonday, @lenasveganliving, to our weekly host the lovely @plantstoplanks, both lovely ladies are such an inspiration with their kind feedback and of course the gorgeous food coming from their kitchens!

A massive shout out to @donkeypong for the generous sponsorship and of course that wonderfully talented artist @barbara-orenya for the gorgeous wonkies!

Thank you one and all for giving us this opportunity!

Check out this week's POST, follow the rules 100% and show us your fruits and veggies this Monday :)

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