Indonesian sweetcorn fritters - Perkedel Jagung
Indonesian sweetcorn fritters (Perkedel Jagung) can be one of the yummy snacks to make in the summertime — when sweetcorn becomes abundant. Try this recipe, I promise everyone in your family will love it.
Servings: 15
Equipment
- Food processor or
- Pestle and mortar
- Mixing bowls.
- Frying pan
- Slotted spoon
Ingredients
- 2 cups sweetcorn kernels from 2 large fresh sweetcorn cobs.
- 4 stalks scallions/ spring onions finely sliced.
- 1 clove garlic finely chopped.
- 1 teaspoon white pepper powder or black pepper.
- 6 tablespoons plain flour.
- 2 large Eggs lightly beaten.
- 1 green chilli optional, finely chopped.
- 1 teaspoon salt or according to taste.
- cooking oil for frying.
Instructions
- Put the sweetcorn kernels in a food processor and give it a few blitzes until half of it is mashed.
- If you don't have a food processor, you can mash it using a pestle and mortar or potato masher. Just make sure about half of the kernels break and release their juice.
- Put the slightly mashed kernels in a mixing bowl and add sliced scallions/ spring onions, pepper, garlic, salt, plain flour, eggs, and chilli. Mix well.
- Ideally, you leave the mixture to rest for at least 10 minutes to let the flavour develop well. Although you will still make tasty fritters even if you cook them straight away.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan or a wok. Gently drop 1 tbsp of sweetcorn batter and make sure it's slightly flattened and not too thick. Deep fry the fritters at medium heat until it's golden.
- Serve and enjoy.
Notes
- Please don’t skip mashing the kernels. It’s important. Because we want proper sweetcorn flavour and sweetness in our fritters.
- If you can not get the fresh sweet corn cobs, you can use the frozen sweetcorn kernels. But please don’t use the tin ones. Because the tin ones are basically cooked, sweetcorn.
- When you use frozen sweetcorn, leave the kernels to thaw about half an hour before you slightly mash them. Then just follow the recipe method.
- You can substitute fresh chopped garlic with 1 teaspoon garlic powder if you wish.
- You can substitute plain flour with your preferred GF flour.
- You can skip chillies if you don't like spicy food. And if you prefer spicy, you can always add more chillies.
- Some of you may not be keen on deep-frying. So you can shallow-fry the fritters with a little bit of oil on the frying pan. Just make sure you put the mixture flat on the pan and not too thick.
- Although in this recipe I only put 4 stalks of Spring Onions (Scallion), you can always put more. I often put more spring onions. Because I think Sweetcorn and spring onions are a really nice combo.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 137kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 32mg | Sodium: 361mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g
Disclaimer
Nutritional info in this recipe is only estimate using online calculator. You should refer to it as a guide only. Please verify with your own data if you seek an accurate info.