Fritter

A fritter is a fried food. The food is a portion of batter or breading. It is filled with either meat, seafood, vegetables or fruit.

In the United Kingdom, fritters can be with fish and chips. There is also a food item, like an apple ring or a slice of potato.

In the United States, fritters are small cakes made with a primary ingredient; it is then mixed with an egg and milk batter. The fritters are pan-fried or deep-fried. Corn fritters are made with corn and are generally deep fried. Apple fritters are well known in America; the contemporary apple fritter in America is not like the British one.

Fritter Media

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  Bhaji, a type of pakora commonly called chilli bites ready for serving.

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  Onion fritters (piyaji) is a Bengali dish made with onions.

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  A woman making bajjis in Mylapore

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  Uggani bajji, rice and fritters, a typical breakfast in Rayalaseema

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  Gorengan, Indonesian street vendor of assorted fritters

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  Indonesian tempeh mendoan and tofu fritters

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  Bakwan jagung, Indonesian corn fritter

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  Fritter peddler offering pisang goreng, Indonesian banana fritter

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  Malaysian roadside yam and sweet potato fritters

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  Myanmar fried snack is assorted deep fried vegetables such as potato and onion, fruit such as banana and others such as prawn.

• A couple making fritters in Hainan, China. Each contains some fermented beans, chopped spring onion, and a small cube of pork meat. These sell for 5 mao (jiao), equivalent to around 8 US cents.