Fruits and Veggies Monday - Grandma's Spicy Pumpkin Fritters

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.

A Hokkaido Squash I used a while back to make stuffed Pumpkin, just love the colours in this photo.

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.

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

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.

Roll in Cinnamon Sugar mix and serve.

Yep, I got my sugar rush so was a happy gal!

One last look at the making:

Hope you enjoyed my Pumpkin Fritters today!

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