fritter batter

4.1

A thick mix of flour, water, and egg for coating foods like fish or vegetables before frying

noun

: masa para buñuelos

Once the fritter batter was ready, he coated the fish pieces and fried them until golden.

Examples

The fritter batter is ready!
The secret to crisp vegetables is a light fritter batter seasoned with herbs.
She prepared the fritter batter before dipping in slices of apple for dessert.
I made some delicious fritter batter for dinner.
To make delicious fritters, you need to create a smooth fritter batter using flour and water.
She poured the fritter batter over the chopped vegetables before frying them in hot oil.
For best results, let the fritter batter rest for a few minutes before using it to coat your ingredients.

Surface Forms

fritter batter singular

fritter batters plural

Morphology

fritter + batter

The phrase is a straightforward noun–noun composition: 'fritter' (a fried item) + 'batter' (a runny flour-and-egg mixture) yields 'batter used for fritters.' The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents and follows a common, cross-linguistic modifier-head pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words would understand it.

Etymology

Fritter batter shows a simple cooking picture: small fried pieces called fritters are dipped into a thick flour mix, the batter, before frying. So it means 'a mix used to coat or bind ingredients when making fritters'.