grandma's rosa fried pumpkin fritters

(2 ratings)
Recipe by
Ana Alvez
Mahnattan, NY

When I was 6 years old I went to Puerto Rico for the first time. My abuelita Rosa made me Fried Pumpkin Fritters. OMG! Were they delicious I ate so many I couldn't move for hours. When I got older I remember going back when I was 18 and she still made them the same way. I miss you and love you! Grandma Rosa

(2 ratings)
yield 4 to 6
prep time 1 Hr
cook time 30 Min

Ingredients For grandma's rosa fried pumpkin fritters

  • 1
    medium size pumpkin
  • 1 c
    unbleached all purpose flour
  • 1 c
    brown sugar
  • 2 tsp
    cinnamon
  • small pinch of salt
  • 1 tsp
    real vanilla
  • 1
    egg beaten
  • canola oil for frying
  • paper towels or brown bag for blocking

How To Make grandma's rosa fried pumpkin fritters

  • 1
    Cut up pumpkin into small pieces. Then, take 4 cups and place in a steamer. Cook until pumpkin become soft. Let cool
  • 2
    Then, place pumpkin into a bowl and mash with a potato masher.
  • 3
    Add the brown sugar and stir until completely dissolved in the mature. Make sure their are no lumps in the mixture.
  • 4
    Make sure the mixture is cooled down before moving to the next step. Beat the 1 egg and then add it to the mixture.
  • 5
    Now start incorporating the dry ingredients to the pumpkin a little at a time. Then, add the vanilla--Set aside mixture
  • 6
    In a frying pan add about 1 cup of cooking oil. If you are using a large pan use 1/2 cup that it covers the pan. Heat oil medium to high but not that it burns the oil. You know your stove.
  • 7
    Using a large soup spoon scoop up a mound of pumpkin mixture and places it in the pan. Add a couple at a time do not over crowd your pan. Let cook when they turn golden brown flip over to the other side. Do not burn
  • 8
    When they are done, place them on a double ply towel or brown paper bag to absorp the excess oil.
  • 9
    When they are cool, you can add cinnamon or powder sugar to them. I like them plain but my cousin s like them with both the cinnamon and the powder sugar. Enjoy!
  • 10
    My son enjoys helping me such for the best pumpkins, for our Halloween Pumpkin Fritter Fest.

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