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A fritter is a portion of meat, seafood, fruit, vegetables, or other ingredients which have been battered or breaded, or just a portion of dough without further ingredients, that is deep-fried.<ref name="Taylor & Francis US p. 58">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Co. 2009 p. 7">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Gisslen 2004 p. 189">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Shields 2015 p. 158">Template:Cite book</ref> Fritters are prepared in both sweet and savory varieties.<ref name="Shields 2015 p. 158"/>

Definition

The 1854 edition of An American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster defines fritter as a transitive verb meaning "to cut meat into small pieces to be fried".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Another definition from 1861 is given as "a pancake cont. chopped fruit, poultry, fish; also a small piece of meat fried".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Varieties

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Africa

West Africa

West African countries have many variations similar to fritters. The most common process includes the blending of peeled black-eyed peas with peppers and spices to leave a thick texture. A Yoruba version, akara, is a popular street snack and side dish in Nigerian culture. Another popular fritter made by Nigerians is 'puff-puff', typically made by deep-frying a dough containing flour, yeast, sugar, butter, salt, eggs and water.

Egypt

Falafel, or Template:Transliteration (Template:Langx) is an example of a fritter widely eaten in Egypt as well as other countries in North Africa. In Egypt, it is made from crushed fava beans which are mixed with various herbs and spices and then deep-fried.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

South Africa

Pumpkin fritters (commonly known as pampoenkoekies), usually served with cinnamon sugar and served at any time of day, are popular in South Africa. Variations often include banana instead of pumpkin.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Kenya

Fritters are commonly referred to as bhajia or viazi karai, and are a popular street snack in Kenya.

Asia

South Asia

Fritters are common roadside snacks all over South Asia and are commonly referred to as pakora (pakoda) or bhaji (bhajia) in local parlance. The onion bhaji is especially well-known.

In India and Pakistan, a pakora is a fritter of assorted vegetables and spices.

In the South Indian state of Kerala, banana fritters are popular.

Piyaji is a Bengali dish of fritters with onions.

Southeast Asia

Brunei

In Brunei, fritters are known as Template:Lang and they are eaten as snacks. Template:Lang is also part of local street food and usually sold in street market-style food booth (locally known as Template:Lang). They are usually made with fillings which are commonly made with banana, shrimp, yam, sweet potatoes and vegetables (usually sliced cabbages or carrots). Some local fruits, when they are in season, are also made into Template:Lang, most commonly durian, breadfruit (Template:Lang), Template:Lang (Artocarpus integer) and Template:Lang (Artocarpus odoratissimus).

Indonesia

In Indonesia, fritters come under the category of gorengan (Template:Langx, from goreng "to fry"), and many varieties are sold on travelling carts or by street vendors throughout Indonesia.<ref name="Street Food">Template:Cite book</ref> Various kinds of ingredients are battered and deep-fried, such as bananas (pisang goreng), tempe mendoan, tahu goreng (fried tofu), oncom, sweet potato, cassava chunk, cassava tapai, cireng (tapioca fritters), bakwan (flour with chopped vegetables), Tahu isi (filled tofu), and breadfruit.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> These are often eaten accompanied by fresh bird's eye chili. The variety known as bakwan commonly contains flour with chopped vegetables such as carrot and cabbage, whereas the fried patties called perkedel typically consist of mashed potatoes or ground corn (perkedel jagung or bakwan jagung).

Malaysia

In Malaysia, it is common for a type of fritter called "cucur"<ref name="Musa 2016 p. 90">Template:Cite book</ref> (such as yam, sweet potato and banana<ref name="Albala 2011">Template:Cite book</ref>) to be fried by the roadside<ref name="Albala 2011"/> in a large wok and sold as snacks.

Myanmar

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In Burmese cuisine, fritters are called a-kyaw (Template:Langx), while assorted fritters are called a-kyaw-sone (Template:Langx). The most popular a-kyaw is the gourd fritter (ဘူးသီးကြော်). Diced onions, chickpea, potatoes, a variety of leafy vegetables, brown bean paste, Burmese tofu, chayote, banana and crackling are other popular fritter ingredients. Black beans are made into a paste with curry leaves to make bayagyaw<ref name="Marks Thein 1994 p. 35">Template:Cite book</ref>—small fritters similar to falafel. Unlike pisang goreng, Burmese banana fritters are made only with overripe bananas with no sugar or honey added.

The savory fritters are eaten mainly at breakfast or as a snack at tea. Gourd, chickpea and onion fritters are cut into small parts and eaten with Mohinga, Myanmar's national dish. These fritters are also eaten with Kao hnyin baung rice and with Burmese green sauce—called chin-saw-kar or a-chin-yay. Depending on the fritter hawker, the sauce is made from chili sauce diluted with vinegar, water, cilantro, finely diced tomatoes, garlic and onions.

Philippines

In the Philippines, egg fritters are called tokneneng (duck) or kwek-kwek (quail), and squid fritters are called kalamares. These, along with shrimp fritters called okoy, and banana fritters called maruya are also sold in travelling carts or street side vendors.

Thailand

East Asia

China

Throughout China, fritters are sold at roadsides. They may contain pork, but are commonly vegetarian.

Japan

In Japanese cuisine, takoyaki is a type of ball-shaped fritter made with a wheat batter, minced octopus, ginger and tempura scraps.<ref name="SN24">Template:Cite news</ref> Tempura is vegetable or seafood dipped and fried in a light crispy batter and served as a common accompaniment to meals.

Korea

Template:Unreferenced section In Korean cuisine, deep-fried foods are known as twigim (Template:Lang). Twigim is often battered and breaded, but there are varieties without breading, as well as varieties without breading and batter. Popular twigim dishes include dak-twigim (fried chicken), gim-mari-twigim (fried seaweed roll), goguma-twigim (fried sweet potato), gul-twigim (fried oyster), ojingeo-twigim (fried squid), and saeu-twigim (fried shrimp).

Traditional vegetarian deep-fried foods associated with Korean temple cuisine include twigak and bugak.<ref name="Koehler">Template:Cite book</ref> Twigak are made from vegetables such as dasima (kelp) and bamboo shoot, without breading or batter. Bugak are made from vegetables such as dasima, perilla leaves, and chili peppers, which are coated with glutinous rice paste and dried thoroughly.

West Asia

Iran

The Iranian variety is called kuku, which comes in different versions like the ones with potatoes or the ones with herbs. This type of fritter resembles a crustless quiche.

Oceania

New Zealand

Whitebait fritters are popular in New Zealand.<ref name="Bloom Wechter 2010 p. 53">Template:Cite book</ref>

Europe

Portugal

Peixinhos da horta is a traditional dish in Portuguese cuisine. The name of the dish is literally translated as "little fish from the vegetable garden", as it resembles small pieces of colorful fish.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Its preparation involves coating green beans, bell peppers, squash, or other vegetables in a wheat flour batter and deep-frying them.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It was introduced to Japan by Portuguese sailors in the sixteenth century, where it eventually developed into tempura.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="tempura origins">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

United Kingdom

In British fish and chip shops, the fish and chips can be accompanied by "fritters", which means a food item, such as a slice of potato, a pineapple ring, an apple ring<ref name="Raffald 1808 p. 118">Template:Cite book</ref> or chunks, or mushy peas fried in batter. Hence: "potato fritter", "pineapple fritter", "apple fritter", "pea fritter", etc. At home and at school, fritters are also sometimes made with meat, especially Spam and corned beef. A fritter roll or roll and fritter is a potato fritter inside a bread roll, served with salt and vinegar.<ref name="Culture">Template:Cite web</ref>

North America

Canada and the United States

The apple fritter is a fried pastry popular within Canada and the United States. Early versions of apple fritters appear in Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery, a manuscript dating to the 17th century, which includes various fritter recipes common in colonial American kitchens.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> An apple fritter recipe typically includes a batter made from flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, eggs, and a bit of oil. Fresh apples are peeled, cored, and chopped, then folded into the batter. The fritters are deep-fried in vegetable oil and, once golden, are coated in cinnamon-sugar for a sweet finish.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Canada, the apple fritter remains especially popular; Tim Hortons, a leading Canadian coffee and doughnut chain, reported that the apple fritter became their top-selling doughnut in 2023.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Caribbean

Conch fritters are commonly prepared in The Bahamas.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Mexico

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Tortitas are golden-brown fritters made in Mexico from Mexican cuisine.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> One variant is the tortita de papa (potato fritter). This dish consists of boiled potato dough fried in oil. The first written recipes for tortitas can be found in Mexican cookbooks from the 19th century.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

See also

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References

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