Pumpkin Fritters

This a typical Christmas dessert in Portugal (in portuguese called Filhoses de Abóbora) .

Ingredients

• 600g pumpkin
  
• 12 tbspoons plain flour
• 2 tbspoons sugar
  
• 1 tbspoon baking powder
• 5 eggs
  
• 50ml orange juice

How to:

1. You will have to cook the pumpkin the day before. Boil it until very soft, drain all the water very well and leave it for 8/10 hours to dry.
2. Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl, using a blender, until the batter is very smooth.
3. In a large frying pan heat vegetable oil (you need a large quantity, say 5-7 cm deep) and fry scoops of the batter until golden brown (2min each side).
4. In the end, while still warm, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon on top.