Zucchini is a very famous and popular vegetable. And although they are usually not used in their pure form, zucchini can be used to prepare a large number of different dishes. These are caviar, sauces, and even cakes. And, of course, the zucchini fritters.
What makes zucchini remarkable?
It turns out that these quite ordinary and familiar vegetables have a lot of useful properties. They have a healing, calming effect, and can also help calm obsessive hunger. In addition, zucchini is low in calories, which is why they are part of many diets for weight loss, are used in therapeutic diet, even babies are recommended to offer mashed squash. You can come up with many different dishes using this vegetable. This caviar, sauté, and even cakes. And, of course, beloved by many squash pancakes.
Cooking
These fritters are very tender, they literally melt in your mouth. And by adding more pepper and garlic can become spicy, which is very popular with many men. To prepare a dish called zucchini fritters, you will need:
- zucchini themselves, 4 pieces of medium size;
- eggs, 2 pieces;
- wheat flour in an amount of about 7-8 tablespoons;
- salt is added to taste;
- dill - a small bunch;
- garlic (for the usual sharpness you need to add 2 or 3 pieces, if desired, you can take more);
- any vegetable oil for frying.
First you need to clean the zucchini and grate them. To do this, you can use any familiar kitchen equipment, for example, a blender (or just a grater). Then, juice is squeezed from the resulting mass. Then you need to add the rest of the ingredients: eggs, flour, chopped dill, grated garlic. Salt is added last, just before frying, so that additional juice does not have time to stand out. Mix the dough well. It should not be liquid. Vegetable oil is poured into a well-heated pan, then using a tablespoon (experienced chefs recommend using it to get nice flat cakes), spread the dough. Fry flat cakes on both sides well. To get softer pancakes from zucchini, cover the pan with a lid. If you fry in an open pan, the finished product will have a crisp. It’s best to try both.
As it is?
Most often, such zucchini pancakes are eaten with sour cream. However, you can try mayonnaise. It is also good to sprinkle chopped herbs on top.
Other recipes
You can try other variations of this common recipe. For example, grate an onion with a zucchini. Or finely chop the onion (2 onions), mix with the prepared minced meat (300 grams), and then grate one zucchini there, beat 2 eggs and add flour. Some prefer a recipe for zucchini fritters, which are sweet. To do this, when kneading dough, add two to three tablespoons of regular sugar.
Zucchini pancakes are a tasty and healthy dish. In addition, the cost of its preparation is very small, and you don’t have to make much effort. Therefore, it makes sense to try!