Cheesy Corn Cakes with Avocado Salsa

Cheesy Corn Cakes with Spicy Avocado Salsa

I LOVE me some corn cakes, but I just can't seem to find the right recipe.
This, my friends, is the best one I've tried!
It even has an optional spicy avocado salsa you can make and add to the top!

But be careful when you are cooking the corn cakes, first off- you don't want them to burn.
Second- it's a fine line between not burning them and getting them to cook all the way through.

But, if you are careful and do it right, these will be devoured!
Yes, they are that good!

You will need:

2 cups corn
can of creamed corn  (14 ish oz.)
2 eggs
1½ cups grated mature cheddar
½ tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp salt
1½ cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

½ cup milk


For the spicy avocado salsa:

2 avocados, chopped
1 small red onion, peeled and finely chopped

1 red chilli, finely chopped (remove seeds if you don’t like it hot)
juice of ½ lemon

salt & pepper to taste

fresh coriander, to serve

What to do:

1.    In a large bowl, combine the corn kernels, creamed corn, eggs, cheddar, smoked paprika and salt and mix well.

2.    Sift in the flour and baking powder and mix well.

3.    Slowly stir in the milk until the batter is not too thick and drops off a spoon easily.

 (it should also not be so thin that it spreads too much when you fry the cakes)

4.    Heat a large frying pan and add some oil.

5.    Fry spoonfuls of the batter until bubbles appear at the top and flip. Allow to cook on the other side. Remove from the pan once cooked and place on some kitchen paper to drain.

6.    In the meantime, combine all the ingredients for the salsa and mix well.

7.    When all the cakes have been cooked, serve them with the salsa, extra lemon wedges and fresh coriander.

Source: http://simply-delicious.co.za