Fried zucchini in batter with cheese is a hearty savory appetizer, the preparation of which requires a minimum amount of time and a simple set of ingredients. They are perfectly combined with meat or fish dishes, and therefore are very popular among domestic housewives.
Traditional option
This aromatic appetizer will be a good addition to a family dinner. It takes literally a quarter of an hour. And the process itself does not require special culinary skills. Since this recipe for zucchini in batter with cheese involves the use of a specific food set, check in advance whether you have at hand:
- Fresh egg.
- Small young zucchini.
- 100 grams of any hard cheese.
- A pair of cloves of garlic.
- 1.5 tablespoons of flour.
Washed vegetables are cut into not too thick rings, dipped in a plate with salted beaten egg, rolled in flour, and then fried in an oiled heated frying pan. Ready vegetables are sprinkled with grated cheese mixed with crushed garlic and kept under the lid for several minutes.
Option with milk
Vegetables fried in accordance with the technology described below are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. They have a delicate taste and a pleasant aroma. To cook zucchini in batter with cheese, you will need:
- Fresh egg.
- 70 grams of flour.
- 4 small zucchini.
- ½ cup milk.
- 80 grams of any hard cheese.
- Salt, vegetable oil and spices.
Washed and dried zucchini cut into not too thick rings, dipped in a batter made of milk, flour, eggs and salt, and then fried in vegetable fat. Sprinkle the browned vegetables with grated cheese and send them to the hot oven for a minute. Serve them with any hot sauce.
Option with kefir
Zucchini in batter with cheese, cooked according to this recipe, have a delicate structure and a crispy crust. Due to the presence of curry and paprika, they acquire a piquant, moderately pungent taste. To make a similar dish, you will need:
- 3 zucchini.
- 6 tablespoons of flour.
- 100 milliliters of kefir.
- 4 cloves of garlic.
- ½ teaspoon of salt and paprika.
- 100 grams of spicy hard cheese.
- 1/3 teaspoon curry.
Shortly before starting to cook zucchini, in a batter with cheese and garlic, kefir is removed from the refrigerator and left at room temperature. Flour, paprika and curry are added to the slightly warmed fermented milk product. Squeezed garlic and shabby cheese are sent there. All mix well and clean for fifteen minutes to the side.
After a quarter of an hour, a chopped vegetable is dipped into the infused mass. Fry zucchini in batter with cheese in a pan greased with vegetable fat. After that, they are laid out on paper towels that absorb excess oil. Serve the finished dish with sour cream or some sauce.
Sour cream option
This recipe is slightly different from those described just above. It is interesting in that it assumes a complete absence of flour. To fry such zucchini in a batter with cheese, you will need:
- A pair of eggs.
- 150 milliliters of sour cream.
- A pair of small young zucchini.
- 150 grams of any hard cheese.
- Salt, spices and vegetable oil.
Washed young zucchini cut into not too thick circles and put aside. Now it's time to do the batter. To create it, eggs, salt, seasonings, sour cream and shabby cheese are combined in one bowl. All whisk lightly with a whisk until smooth. Zucchini rings are dipped into the resulting sufficiently thick and viscous mass, and then they are sent to a heated oiled frying pan and fried for three or four minutes on both sides. The browned vegetables are spread on a beautiful flat plate and served. They can be eaten not only hot, but also cold, pouring garlic or tomato sauce.