Pumpkin belly fritters. The Spanish name for this recipe is Barrigas de Vieja - which means old ladies' belly. When the pumpkin fritters are fried, wrinkles appear on the surface of the dough similar to the bellies of the elderly women. I am pretty sure many elderly men have just as much wrinkles on their bellies.
I decided to make it similar to my Banana Fritters recipe[, at first I was contemplating making baked pumpkin fritters but I decided to go ahead and fry it in my non-stick skillet.
The name is a play on how the fritters look, they are round, a little wrinkly and have a dimple in the center, like an old lady's belly.
They are also called Tortitas de Calabaza which means pumpkin fritters, but that's not as fun to say.
Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we're going to prepare a distinctive dish, pumpkin belly fritters. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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The Spanish name for this recipe is Barrigas de Vieja - which means old ladies' belly. When the pumpkin fritters are fried, wrinkles appear on the surface of the dough similar to the bellies of the elderly women. I am pretty sure many elderly men have just as much wrinkles on their bellies.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pumpkin belly fritters using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Pumpkin belly fritters:
- {Make ready 2 cups of pumpkin belly/ gut/ innards.
- {Get 1 of medium onion finely chopped.
- {Make ready 3-4 of garlic cloves finely chopped.
- {Prepare 2 of green chillies finely chopped.
- {Prepare 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
- {Get 1/2 tsp of red chilli powder.
- {Get 2 Tbsp of grated processed cheese.
- {Prepare 2 Tbsp of finely chopped coriander.
- {Make ready 3 Tbsp of rice flour.
- {Make ready 2 Tbsp of gram flour/ besan.
- {Get to taste of Salt.
- {Get as needed of Oil for frying.
Pumpkin fritters, barrigas de vieja, warm autumn's chill. The traditional method of deep-frying these little wrinkly mounds until the middle sinks in slightly to form a belly button never. These sweet fritters are absolutely delicious however you choose to eat them. For cooking and for use with fritters, the creamier Garden Pumpkin is most frequently served while the somewhat fibrous Belly pumpkin is more suited to soups.
Instructions to make Pumpkin belly fritters:
- Scoop out the leftover gooey, orange guts from the pumpkin(both white or orange).Remove the hard seeds. If the fibres are too long then chop them a bit..
- Mix all the ingredients except oil in a bowl..
- Heat oil in a flat bottomed pan for frying..
- Now wet your hands and take small balls of the mixture. Flatten it on your palm and transfer it to the oil carefully..
- Fry the fritters at medium-low heat till golden brown from both sides. Drain on a kitchen towel..
- Serve the fritters hot, garnished with grated cheese(optional) with sauce of your choice. I bet these will finish in no time. Do try it and make the best use of the pumpkin leftover..
Even after roasting and cubing pumpkin and freezing it for later use, we were still looking for new and creative uses for out pumpkins. We decided to finally try out making some typical Puerto Rican Pumpkin Fritters, also known as Barrigas de Vieja. By the way, Barrigas de Vieja means "the belly of an old lady"…. In Barbados we use Garden or Belly Pumpkin to make this tasty side dish. If you are not in the Caribbean look for Calabaza Squash as the "Halloween" Pumpkin will not taste the same in this recipe.
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