Tigress,
Useually hush puppies are rolled into little round balls and then dropped into the oil to be fried. The batter is thick so frying them in this manner is much simplier. However, one does not have to have a deep fryer to fry them. An iron skillet is plenty deep enough to fry them on top of the stove if you wanted to. Also there are different kinds of oil that will make them much higher in Sat. Fats than others. Corn oil will give the best taste but leaves you with a product that has enough sat fat in it to clogg the arteries of a horse. Try canola oil. I'll look it up to see if there are any others that are better. But remember, your still eating a fried food and it dose no matter what kind of oil you use, anything fried should not be a part on one's normal diet.
Tobey