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    Home » Lunch » Spiced Courgette & Sweetcorn Fritters

    Spiced Courgette & Sweetcorn Fritters

    Published: June 29, 2016, Modified: November 13, 2019, By: Michelle Alston

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    Courgette and Sweetcorn Fritters, lightly spiced, crispy and filling. Perfect for lunch or as a tasty appetiser.

    Courgette and Sweetcorn Fritters with mint in yoghurt sauce and lemon wedges.
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    • How to Make Courgette and Sweetcorn Fritters:
    • Tips for Making The Best Courgette Fritters:
    • What To Serve with Courgette and Sweetcorn Fritters:
    • Spiced Courgette & Sweetcorn Fritters

    These fritters are lightly spiced, you can taste the spice but there is zero heat and loads of flavour, which is perfect for kids. Fritters are a great way to introduce new vegetables to kids, it's also a great way to introduce new flavours and spices, just remember to keep the heat down. I serve these courgette and corn fritters with a lovely minty, garlic and lemon yoghurt sauce. It's so easy to make but tastes amazing! These are also quite nice cold and would be great for a picnic too.

    How to Make Courgette and Sweetcorn Fritters:

    1. Grate the courgette, add the grated courgettes to a large sieve add a good pinch of sea salt and mix with your hands. Then place the sieve over a large bowl, leave for at least 10 minutes, this is to drain off some of the water from the courgettes.
    2. Make the yoghurt sauce, while the courgettes are draining, make the yoghurt sauce. This is as easy as adding all the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl and then letting it sit in the fridge until you're ready to use it.
    3. Make the batter, use your hands to squeeze out any excess water from the grated courgette.
    4. Add the courgette, sweetcorn, and spring onions to a large mixing bowl. Add the eggs and stir well.
    5. Sieve in the flour, baking powder and spices then add the salt and pepper and mix well.
    6. Cook the fritters, heat a little oil in a large non-stick pan, add two tablespoons of the batter to make one fritter, to the pan, cook the fritters for about 3 to 4 minutes each side, they should be golden brown and cooked through. I cooked these in batches of four. You can keep them warm in the oven if you need.

    Step by step process to making Courgette Fritters

    Tips for Making The Best Courgette Fritters:

    • Try and get as much water as you can out of the courgettes, you'll be surprised at how much water will come out just from draining them first.
    • Use young smaller courgettes, older and larger courgettes don't have as much flavour. When buying courgettes look for firm courgettes, with bright, shiny and unblemished skin. If a courgette feels soft and looks dull, it usually means it’s no longer fresh.
    • Don't let that batter sit for too long, ideally, you should make the fritters straight away. If you leave the batter sit for too long you will end up with doughy fritters!
    • The baking powder lifts the batter and results is a fluffier fritter, so, if you can don't leave that out.
    • Use a light flavoured oil to cook these, I use sunflower oil.
    Courgette and Sweetcorn Fritters with mint in yoghurt sauce and lemon wedges.

    What To Serve with Courgette and Sweetcorn Fritters:

    We usually have these on their own with that minty yoghurt sauce, but if you want to make more of a meal of this then these black pepper and rosemary fries are great with these fritters along with a simple green salad.

    More Fritter Recipes You May Like To Try:

    • Amanda's Vegan Vegetable Fritters
    • Spiced Parsnip Fritters
    • Cauliflower Fritters
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    Spiced Courgette & Sweetcorn Fritters

    Courgette and Sweetcorn Fritters, lightly spiced, crispy and filling. Served with a minty, garlic and lemon yoghurt sauce these are perfect for lunch or as a tasty appetiser.
    5 from 17 votes
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    Course: Lunch
    Cuisine: Fusion
    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 35 minutes
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 188kcal
    Author: Michelle Alston

    Ingredients

    • FOR THE FRITTERS:
    • 3 small courgettes / zucchini (480g/1lb/17oz) grated
    • A pinch of salt
    • 2 large free range eggs
    • 4 spring onions / scallions the white and pale green part, thinly sliced,
    • 1 cup sweet corn (165g) canned is fine
    • 1 cup plain flour / all purpose flour (120g)
    • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
    • 1 ½ teaspoon cumin
    • 1 teaspoon coriander
    • 1 teaspoon sea salt
    • ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
    • sunflower oil or coconut oil for cooking
    • FOR THE MINTY YOGhURT:
    • ¾ cup plain yoghurt (150ml)
    • Half a lemon, the zest of plus wedges for serving
    • 2 sprigs of mint, about 10 leaves leaves removed and chopped
    • 1 clove of garlic minced
    • ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
    • ½ scant tsp sea salt
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    Instructions

    • Place the grated courgettes into a large sieve add a good pinch of sea salt and mix with your hands. Then place the sieve over a large bowl, leave for at least 10 minutes, this is to drain off some of the water from the courgettes.
    • While the courgettes are draining, make the yoghurt sauce. This is as easy as adding all the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl and then letting it sit in the fridge until you're ready to use it.
    • Now make the fritter batter. Using your hands squeeze out any excess water from the grated courgette.
    • Then add the courgette, sweetcorn, and spring onions to a large mixing bowl. Add the eggs and stir well.
    • Sieve in the flour, baking powder and spices then add the salt and pepper and mix well.
    • To cook the fritters heat about 2 tablespoons of oil in a large non stick pan, add two tablespoons of the batter at a time the pan, lightly press down the batter with the back of a spoon.
      Cook the fritters for about 3 minutes each side, they should be golden brown and cooked through. I cooked these in batches of four. You can keep them warm in the oven if you need.
    • When the fritters are cooked place them on some kitchen paper to soak up any excess oil. This batter will make 12 - 14 fritters.
    • Serve the fritters with some minty yoghurt sauce and lemon wedges.

    Notes

    • Nutritional Information is approximate and is calculated using an online nutrition tool. It based on a serving of 4 which is about 4 fritters each plus yoghurt sauce.
    •  The Batter, try to cook these as soon as you can if you leave the batter to sit for too long it will result in a doughy fritter.
    • The Courgettes, if you can, use young courgettes/zucchini older courgettes can be a bit too watery and not as firm.
    • Sweet Corn, I always use canned sweet corn for these but if you have an abundance of corn then you will need to cook it first.
    • Storing, it's really important to cook this as soon as you make the batter. If you leave the batter to sit for too long then this will result in a doughy fritter and that's not what we want here.
    • Freezing, you can freeze these once they are cooked and have cooled down but please be aware that there will be a significant change in texture when you reheat them.
    • Oil, I recommend using a light oil to fry this in, sunflower oil is good.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 188kcal | Carbohydrates: 37.3g | Protein: 9.3g | Fat: 1.3g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 566mg | Potassium: 584mg | Fiber: 4.1g | Sugar: 4.3g | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 4mg
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    *This recipe was first published on June 29th 2016, it has been updated on June 28th 2019 with new process photos and a step by step guide. New nutritional information and a couple of tweaks to the recipe are also included in the updated version.

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    Comments

    1. Talia

      March 29, 2021 at 11:08 am

      hello, i was wondering about freezing, how does the texture change and how would i reheat them/ how long would they last in the freezer.

      secondly, after cooking and cooling could i place these in the fridge, and if so how long would they be good for?

      i'm really looking forward to making these!!

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      • Michelle Alston

        March 29, 2021 at 11:24 am

        Hi Talia, when you freeze fritters they end up being quite soft and sometimes soggy, you will lose all the crispness you get when you cook them from fresh. If you do feeze them I would leave them to thaw overnight in the fridge then reheat them in the oven. I would place the fritters on a baking tray then reheat them in the oven at around 160°C fan oven or 180°C conventional ( 320°F fan / 355°F regular oven) until piping hot. Frozen fritters would keep in the fridge for a month.

        After cooking and cooling you can place them in the fridge and they would be good for 2 days.
        I hope this helps. Let me know how you get on with them.

        Michelle x

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    2. Nick

      March 08, 2021 at 11:34 pm

      5 stars
      Tasted amazing and so easy to make
      I used them as alternative to a onion bhaji with a home made curry

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      • Michelle Alston

        March 09, 2021 at 12:05 pm

        Thanks so much Nick, I'm so glad you liked them! Love your idea of serving them with curry, will have to try that 🙂

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    3. Marsha

      September 05, 2020 at 2:31 pm

      5 stars
      Lovely - all home made. Our own courgette, sweetcorn and spring onions.

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      • Michelle Alston

        September 07, 2020 at 10:02 am

        Thanks so much Marsha, I bet it tasted extra good using all your own homegrown ingredients!

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    4. Natalie

      July 08, 2019 at 10:03 am

      5 stars
      What a lovely family summer treat. Super easy to make and so delicious. I bet my kiddo will devour this. I can't wait to make him.

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      • Michelle Alston

        July 10, 2019 at 12:29 pm

        Thanks Natalie 🙂 I hope your kiddo likes them, my daughter loves them 😉

        Reply
    5. Lorie

      July 08, 2019 at 3:23 am

      I feel like an idiot but I googled courgette had no clue Zucchini were called that. Now that I know—I’m gonna love these!!!

      Reply
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