GREEN BEAN OR FRIED RICE FRITTERS

GREEN BEAN OR FRIED RICE FRITTERS
Left over green beans or fried rice.
Fritters:
2 cups green beans, cooked, mashed and well-drained ( beans, potato and onion) or fried rice (recipe on blog)
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup cake flour
1 egg beaten
1 teaspoon crushed chilli (optional)
3 teaspoons (15 ml) baking powder
oil for frying
Sauce:
2 tomatoes, peeled and diced
1 onion, diced
1 teaspoon sugar
salt and pepper to taste
butter
1 teaspoon chopped red or green chilli
125 ml water
1 tablespoon (15 ml) maizena
¼ cup cold water

Fritters:
Ensure that the cooked green beans are well drained.
Beat egg, add to green beans and mix, add chilli.
Sift the flour, salt and baking powder together and mix with green beans to form a soft dough add a bit of milk if too stiff.
Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat.
Scoop batter into frying oil using a dessertspoon and fry until light brown and cooked through.
Drain on kitchen paper.
Keep warm in serving dish without lid.
Sauce:
Heat butter in saucepan fry onion then add tomato and cook
Add 125 ml water, sugar chilli and seasoning, boil until soft.
Mix 1/4 cup cold water and maizena to form a smooth paste.
Stir in the maizena paste and boil for a few minutes.
Serve with fritters
Photo and recipe: Elize de Kock