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Basotho Pumpkin Fritters

Name: Basotho Pumpkin Fritters
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Lesotho
Ingredients: 300g Pumpkin; 100g All-purpose flour; 1 Egg; 1 tsp Baking Powder; 3 tbsp Sugar; 1 tsp Cinnamon powder; A pinch Salt; 3 tbsp Vegetable Oil

Dessert

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Pumpkin worked into batter, pan-fried, and dusted with cinnamon sugar — a sweet treat from Lesotho.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

In Lesotho and southern African homes, fritters of boiled, mashed pumpkin mixed with flour and egg and pan-fried in small rounds are a favorite. Dusted with cinnamon sugar while hot, they're served as a Sunday side or a snack.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Lesotho kitchen, small orange rounds puff up in a frying pan and are dusted with cinnamon sugar.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Pumpkin 300g
All-purpose flour 100g
Egg 1
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Sugar 3 tbsp
Cinnamon powder 1 tsp
Salt A pinch
Vegetable Oil 3 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Boil the pumpkin until tender, mash, and cool.
Add the egg, flour, baking powder, and salt and mix.
Heat oil in a frying pan and drop in spoonfuls of batter.
Cook until golden on both sides.
Mix the sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over while hot.

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