October 28, 2017

Light & Fluffy Pumpkin Fritters

Happy Halloween Y’all!!! It is that time of the year to remember the dead and all the faithful who have left us. It is the time to scare people, get scared ourselves and have a lot of fun doing so. A celebration of this magnitude is going to be incomplete without the food, especially something made of everyone’s favorite ingredient; the mighty PUMPKIN. Not to be left behind I decided to get in on the fun with these light, fluffy and deliciously sweet PUMPKIN FRITTERS.

Halloween !!

First Diwali and now Halloween!! The last couple of weeks are turning out to be quite a lot of fun. Don’t y’all agree?? The fact that the two festivals are at the opposite ends of the spectrum makes absolutely no difference. On Diwali you dress up all pretty and proper and look the best you can. Halloween costumes are all about getting the look which will scare the living daylights out of people. Either way its all about enjoying the festivals, having fun and for a glutton like me, eating a lot of food.

Pumpkin Fritters (Bhoplyache Umber)

I am not well-versed in halloween recipes so there is only one ingredient that came to my mind and that is PUMPKIN. Regarding the pumpkin yours truly wasn’t going to bring the pumpkin and actually spend time cleaning it. I am just too lazy for that (Laughs!!!). So I took the easy way out and that is Pumpkin Puree (CHUCKLES!!!!). But I still had to do the hard part and come up with a recipe. The original idea was to make a popular Indian dessert called the Barfi which is a like just like a bark with a softer consistency. My repeated attempts to make it were thwarted by the same problem i.e. crumbly texture. That led to understandably a lot of frustration. I remembered tasting a sweet dish made with banana called as “kelyache umber” or banana fritters at my native place. I decided to use pumpkin instead of banana just to see how it turns out. To my surprise it turned out very delicious.

How to make Light & Fluffy Pumpkin Fritters???

The basic idea was to make a fritter so pretty much all I did was to mix together AP flour and pumpkin puree together in a bowl to get a batter with the right consistency. What I was looking for was for the batter to be a bit on the thicker side but still pourable. The problem was even after adding equal amounts of flour and puree the batter was still too thick. So I used a little milk to thin out the batter slightly.

Now I just had to add some flavor to the batter. Even here I took the easy way out by adding just two ingredients i.e. sugar and cardamom (LAUGHS!!!). With the batter ready, fry spoonfuls of it into bite-sized goodie bags of deliciousness. These frittters are surprisingly light and fluffy almost like donuts. Y’all can sprinkle powdered sugar on top and then start munching on them or simply dip them in something like chocolate syrup. To me y’all just can’t lose with either option (LAUGHS!!!).

CAN I USE FRESH PUMPKIN?

Yes, fresh pumpkin can be substituted. To get the smooth texture just follow this recipe. Simply drain the excess water.

Make Ahead Pumpkin Fritters!

Combine all the ingredients and store it in the fridge. Allow the batter to come to room temperature and then fry.

How To Store Fritters??

Pumkin Fritters are best when eaten the same day. If you wish to store, do not dust the powdered sugar. Store the fritters in an airtight container in the fridge. Remember that the fritters do not have a long shelf life.

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