Balinese Street Food

"Nasi campur" as I mentioned in my previous post is one of the most popular dishes in Bali and you can easily get it in every "warung". In this post I'd like to share a recipe of my favourite accompaniment to "nasi campur"; it's a type of sweetcorn fritter with spices and in Bali we call it "perkedel jagung", "jagung" means corn and I assume "perkedel" means fritter. I'm not entirely sure because the origin of this food is Java but it's so popular in Bali now so it has became part of Balinese cuisine.


Spicy Sweetcorn Fritters

Ingredients:


275g can sweetcorn, drained
65g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 egg
2 tbs soy sauce
4 kaffir lime leaves, finely shredded
1 clove garlic, chopped
2 inches fresh lemongrass, finely chopped
1/2 fresh red chilli, finely chopped
1 handful fresh coriander, chopped


Put the sweetcorn in a food processor and process until fairly smooth. In a bowl whisk the egg, add the flour and baking powder and mix into a batter-like consistency. Add the rest of the ingredients and the sweetcorn into the batter, season with salt and pepper and mix thoroughly. Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Drop 6 separate tablespoonfuls of the batter and fry at a medium heat until golden brown on each side. Repeat with the remaining batter. Serve the fritters with some chilli jam (you can get the recipe from my previous post).