Okra Fritters with Lemon Garlic Aioli
Have you ever had those nights when you had no clue what you were going to make for dinner? It’s happened on more than one occasion for me and often it’s when I desperately need to go to the grocery store. This is when I come up with creative recipes. Some are duds and others are pleasant surprises. These Okra Fritters were a pleasant surprise.
I happened to have a can of Tomatoes, Okra, and Corn (these are so good even on their own).
This was the start of the fritter mix. I made the batter with GF flour, eggs, the vegetable mix, parsley, dill, and baking soda (full ingredients below).
It made a batter that I cooked like you would pancakes. While the fritters were cooking I made a garlic aioli.
I roasted garlic for the aioli.
I then added the roasted garlic to mayo and added lemon juice, pepper, and cayenne pepper and blended in my food processor.
I served the fritters hot with the aioli sauce on them.
I surprised how filling it was. Needless to say this has made an appearance more than once here for dinner. It was definitely a pleasant surprise.
Have you created any pleasant surprises?
- 1 can Tomato, Okra, and Corn
- 1 tbsp parsley
- 1 tbsp dill
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup corn flour
- 1/2 cup all-purpose gluten free flour
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 cloves roasted garlic
- 1/3 cup of your favorite mayonnaise
- juice of half a lemon
- 2 tsp ground pepper
- pinch of cayenne
- a bit olive oil for roasting your garlic
- Combine the 1 can Tomato, Okra, and Corn, parsley, dill, corn flour, all-purpose gluten free flour, baking powder, and salt in bowl.
- Add eggs and mix. If the batter is too thick add another egg. If it’s too runny add a bit more flour.
- Cook on a skillet as you would pancakes.
- Roast garlic in about a tbsp of olive oil.
- Combine mayo, roasted garlic, lemon juice, pepper, and cayenne in food processor. Combine.
- Serve fritters warm with aioli.
- Enjoy!
This looks so yummy, we are always looking for new ways to cook vegetables in our house.
This looks interesting. I have never tasted okra before but it would certainly be something I would be willing to try.
I’ve never tried okra.
My grandmother would love this recipe! Thanks for the great idea 🙂
I am not a huge okra fan bot this recipe intrigues me have to give it a try!
I love okra.This recipe sounds delicious would love to try it.
I just made regular fried okra the other day. It’s one of my favorite things in the world to eat! I would be excited to spruce it up and try this recipe. Thank you!
This is really creative and it looks so good!
I have never tasted okra. It looks good. I’d give it a try. Without the garlic sauce. I don’t like garlic.
Every time I try to cook with okra it turns out ‘slimy’ but this looks great.
I have never tried that product. Okra is one of our favorites. This looks like a delicious meal.
Man this is a great recipe! I can’t wait to make these! The lemon and garlic together I’m sure is so amazing.
I’m kind of iffy on okra, I love it fried, but stewed not so much. This might actually work for me though. And I am loving the aioli, that sounds good.
I think the combo of the tomatoes and corn with the okra is why I like this mix so much 🙂
I never would have thought of making this into fritters. Looks like a great recipe!
it’s new to me.. thank you for sharing this.. i wiil try this for my family and surely my kidz will eat this.
This looks interesting. I don’t believe I’ve ever cooked with okra before.
Reminds me of a Southern version of egg foo young – LOL! This looks like something my husband’s Tennessee mom would have made & he’s very fond of okra. Thanks for sharing the recipe.