Zucchini is a vegetable loved by many culinary specialists. This ingredient is part of so many delicious and healthy dishes. Zucchini, as you know, contains a huge amount of vitamin C, B (almost the entire group), as well as phosphorus and a lot of fiber. A big plus of zucchini is that you can buy them at any time of the year. The price of this vegetable practically does not change during the season. Yes, and in his own country house beginner gardener will be able to grow zucchini.
Zucchini for fritters
One of the most popular dishes from this vegetable is kefir squash. They prepare very quickly, the recipe is simple and clear even to beginners in cooking. In addition, zucchini fritters are a dish suitable for diet food. Zucchini is considered a low-calorie product, so even those who adhere to a strict diet can treat themselves to pancakes.
For cooking, you should choose only young and elastic zucchini. You can also use zucchini, which, say, is much easier to find in stores in winter than other varieties. As you know, the zucchini peel contains the largest amount of nutrients, so it is not recommended to remove it when cooking. Therefore, we take for cooking only young animals, which do not need to remove the skin.
A simple recipe for zucchini fritters on kefir
For cooking, you will need the following ingredients:
- One small sized zucchini.
- A glass of kefir (200-250 ml).
- A pair of chicken eggs.
- Some fresh greens of dill or parsley.
- Salt to taste.
- Flour - 200 g.
- Vegetable oil.
Cooking
If you use already “adult” vegetables to prepare zucchini fritters on kefir, it is better to remove the skin and get rid of the seeds. If you have a young zucchini, then you can leave the peel, it will only give more piquancy to the dish, and you will save vitamins. You can grind zucchini in different ways: using a blender (if you want to achieve a uniform consistency), a meat grinder or a grater (if you want to have a structure in the pancakes). When grinding zucchini, as a rule, a fairly decent amount of liquid is released, so it is better to squeeze the mass with a sieve.
Add flour to the zucchini, mixing thoroughly. Pour kefir, salt and mix well again. It remains to salt a lot, break two eggs and add finely chopped greens. The recipe for lush pancakes of squash on kefir is the most successful, according to the hostesses, since there is no need to use soda.
Fritters fry very quickly. Enough of two minutes for roasting on each side. To get a crisp, it is not necessary to pour a lot of oil into the pan. Zucchini pancakes cooked on kefir will never stick to the frying surface. You can serve them with tomato paste, sour cream, homemade mayonnaise or garlic sauce.
Lush squash kefir pancakes with garlic and cheese
Fresh zucchini and garlic combine perfectly with zucchini. Moreover, the last ingredient will not only give the dish aroma and unusual taste, but will also make it even more useful. But spice will add a small amount of cheese. The hand itself will reach for a new portion of pancakes, because the "droplets" of cheese, so appetizingly stretching, and the garlic flavor can not leave indifferent any culinary gourmet.
Essential Products
- Two zucchini.
- Three tablespoons of flour.
- A pinch of freshly ground black pepper.
- A bit of salt.
- One egg.
- Two tablespoons of homemade sour cream.
- 2-3 cloves of garlic.
- 100-120 grams of hard cheese.
- Vegetable oil.
The cooking process is very simple. First you need to wash and get rid of seeds young zucchini. Then we rub them on a coarse grater. In the dishes with zucchini, add the egg, flour and sour cream. Knead everything thoroughly. Salt the mass, add a little aromatic pepper. Garlic can be grated, or finely chopped with a knife, if you want to achieve a more pronounced garlic taste in the dish.
As for cheese, there are several options. In some recipes of squash fritters (they are kneading on kefir or without it - it is not so important) grated cheese is added directly to the dough, in others it is placed in portions inside the fritters. The second option is a little more painstaking in terms of preparation, but more spectacular and mouth-watering. So that the cheese does not mix with the bulk of the dough, it is recommended to rub the zucchini on a coarse grater and squeeze the mass well. Only in this case you will be able to put a certain amount of cheese on the “pancake”, and close it with the second one, carefully sealing the edges. Fritters according to this recipe are prepared according to the principle of Kiev cutlets, inside which the filling fits, but the minced meat does not mix with it.
Frying fritters with cheese and garlic is recommended a little longer than in classic recipes. It is necessary that the zucchini-cheese mass inside is well prepared. In time, it takes about four to five minutes on each side - over low heat and in sufficient quantities of vegetable oil.
Serving such squash pancakes is recommended with a “green” sauce consisting of homemade mayonnaise (sour cream), a pinch of salt and finely chopped parsley, cilantro or dill.