Fritter facts for kids
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.
Images for kids
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Indonesian tempeh 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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Maruya or kumbo, banana fritters
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Okoy, shrimp and glutinous rice flour fritters
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Pinakufu, glutinous rice flour fritters coated in sugar and coconut
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Nam phrik kapi served with vegetable fritters; a common dish in Thai cuisine
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Miyeok-twigak (seaweed fries)
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Kuku-sabzi
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New Zealand whitebait fritters