Pea Corn & Halloumi Fritters

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup frozen baby peas

  130 g / 4.5 oz.
• 1 cup frozen sweet corn

  130 g / 4.5 oz.
• 250 g halloumi cheese

  8-9 oz.
• 2 medium or large eggs
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour

  or gluten-free flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons plain yoghurt
• 1 garlic clove

  minced or grated
• 1 teaspoons tomato paste

Instructions

• 1 Thaw out the peas and corn. Boil a kettle or pot of water. Add frozen peas and
  corn to a bowl of boiled water, leave for a minute and strain. Cover with more
  boiled water and leave for another minute or two. This should be enough to
  defrost both.
• 2 Mash corn and peas. Using a potato masher, give those peas and corn a good
  bashing to break them up slightly. If you don't have a masher, don't worry as
  this is optional.
• 3 Prepare halloumi. Grate halloumi and set aside. 
• 4 Make egg puree. Scoop some of the peas and corn and add to a large bowl together
  with 2 eggs. Using an immersion stick (or you can do this in a blender), blend
  or puree them for a few seconds. You don't need a smooth puree, we just want to
  get some of the flavour and juices of the peas and corn incorporated into the
  liquid.
• 5 Mix the batter. Add the grated halloumi, remaining un-pureed peas and corn,
  onion and garlic powder, salt and pepper to the egg mixture and stir through.
  Then add the flour and baking powder and mix until well incorporated into a
  thick batter.
• 6 Pan-fry fritters. Heat a large skillet or frying pan over medium-high heat. Once
  hot, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Scoop about 2 tablespoons of the mixture
  for each halloumi. Gently flop it into the pan and use the back of the spoon to
  flatten the fritter. Cook for 2-3 minutes on each side, or until golden brown
  and crispy. You may need to add another tablespoon of oil after flipping the
  fritters.
• 7 Make aioli. While the fritters are cooking or ahead of time, make the aioli. Mix
  all ingredients in a small bowl and set aside. Feel free to use a store-bought
  sauce of choice (mayo, aioli, ranch, sweet chilli, ketchup etc).

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