If you like vegetable dishes, then try making fried zucchini with tomatoes and cheese. A delicious second with a delicious cheese crust will decorate any lunch, and since the vegetables themselves are prepared very quickly, a busy housewife can take a note of the recipe. This dish can be a full dinner or served as a snack to the festive table. It will definitely appeal to both children, who are sometimes so hard to convince to eat healthy vegetables, and adults. The only thing to note: because of the cooking method, the dish is quite high in calories - 100 g of the product contains about 200 kcal, 17 g of fat, only 3 g of protein and 7.5 g of carbohydrates.
Cooking fried zucchini with tomatoes and cheese
For a medium-sized portion, take:
- 1 squash of medium size;
- 3 ripe tomatoes, best not watery, with a dense structure;
- 150 g of any mayonnaise;
- 100 g of cheese (hard, such as parmesan);
- vegetable oil, breading flour, salt and spices.
First prepare the vegetables. Wash the zucchini, cut off the top. It is best to take a young vegetable, in which case its skin will be very tender, and the pulp will not contain seeds. Cut it into slices along, you should get "tongues" with a thickness of 1 centimeter. Salt, then roll each slice in flour.
How to cook fried
zucchini ? Everything is very simple, follow our tips. Heat the skillet with vegetable oil, put vegetables on it and quickly fry on both sides. The temperature should really be very high, so you will reduce the
cooking time of
zucchini and they will absorb less oil. After everything is ready, put the vegetables on a plate that needs to be covered with paper - it absorbs excess fat. Then prepare the sauce: mix garlic, mayonnaise and finely grated cheese, pepper. Lubricate them with each fried plate, put the tomato circle and roll the “tongue” into the roll. Fried zucchini with tomatoes and cheese is ready - you can eat them hot or cold, and the dish can also be a great snack on the festive table.
Fried zucchini with cheese and garlic
You can try to cook vegetables in this way. You will need:
- 1 squash of medium size;
- a pair of garlic cloves;
- flour or small bread crumbs, salt, dried herbs;
- mayonnaise, some cheese, tomato ketchup.
Wash the vegetables, peel the skin and seeds. If the zucchini is young, the peel can be left. Cut it into circles with a thickness of 1-1.5 centimeters, salt. Mix flour or breadcrumbs and salt in a separate plate, then roll each slice of zucchini in this mixture. Now cook them, following the technology that we used in the previous recipe. That is, the pan should be very hot, and the vegetable should be fried on it quickly. When all the circles are browned on both sides, put them on a plate, and now, while hot, grease each piece with a mixture of mayonnaise and ketchup, sprinkle with grated cheese, garlic and herbs. Such an appetizer, as well as fried zucchini with tomatoes and cheese, is perfect for the New Year's table or will be a great vegetarian dinner.