Fresh Corn and Okra Fritters

Ingredients

• stone-ground white cornmeal
  ½ cup
• all-purpose flour
  ½ cup
• salt
  1½ tsp
• baking powder

  preferably homemade
  1 tsp
• egg

  lightly beaten
  1 unit
• rice milk
  ½ cup
• freshly ground black pepper
  ½ tsp
• thinly sliced scallions
  ¼ cup
• fresh corn kernels
  1 cup
• (about 5 oz) thinly sliced (⅛- to ¼-inch thick) okra
  1 cup
• about 2 cups vegetable oil for frying
  1 unit