Corn And Marigold Fritters(angola)

Total Time: 18 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces sweetcorn
• 4 tablespoons heavy cream (also called double cream-or use cream of coconut to make this vegan)
• 1 tablespoon flour (or more as needed)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder (or soda)
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder (optional)
• sea salt
• pepper
• 1 -2 tablespoon marigold petals (use pot marigold calendula)
• 1 tablespoon sunflower oil (or more)

Recipe

• 1 put the sweetcorn in a bowl and pour over the cream.
• 2 sift in the flour and baking powder soda and season to taste with onion powder(if using), salt and pepper.
• 3 stir in the marigold petals.
• 4 set a large, heavy frying pan over high heat and pour in the oil.
• 5 drop spoonfuls of the fritter mixture into the oil and fry until golden on both sides, turning once.
• 6 press the mixture flat with a spatula to give a lacy effect at the edges.
• 7 cook the fritters in bunches until all the mixture is used up, adding more oil to the pan if necessary.
• 8 serve hot.