Bite Me!

I made these little fritters from a recipe in Madhur Jaffrey's fascinating book Eastern Vegetarian Cookery.  It's not a book for the faint-hearted, as so many of the recipes require ingredients that you're unlikely to find in your local Tescos, but the recipes sound so tempting and are so different that I think it's worth the effort.  These fritters are a Phillipine snack food, and are basically made of beansprouts and squash fried up in batter.  So far, so simple, but they taste superb, in a way that you really wouldn't expect when looking at the ingredients.  I ate mine with some Indonesian peanut sambal (also from the same book) but they would be equally tasty with some sweet chilli dipping sauce eaten as a starter or as canapes.  One hint - I made my fritters with tablespoon-sized amounts, but they really will be crispier and better if you use teaspoons as she states.