ZUCCHINI FRITTERS

 

05.11.2020: Skip started Hindi this year. (Finally, a 'second language' subject that I can confidently teach).

We started with 4 letter words today. While Skip faltered and read, patience soon wore thin after half a page of reading.

Skip: Aakash aa, khaana kha.

Kaveri: What does ‘aa’ mean?

Skip *holds his chest, pretends to fall off the chair and shouts in pain*: Aaaaaa

Kaveri *not amused*

 

Kaveri: ‘Prashnon ke uttar poore karo.’ Do you know what that means?

Skip *imitates Amitabh Bachchan in a South Indian accent*: Aur sahin uttar hain …Kaun Banega Karodpathi.

Kaveri: Mamma needs a break.

Back to fritters.

I’m just going to call them cutlets here. These are soft and mushy cutlets (but not soggy) that just melt in your mouth. The addition of cheese imparts a creamy flavour. I generally don’t like adding eggs to cutlets, but since these cutlets aren’t of the crispy/crunchy kind and aren’t coated with a batter, the egg helped in binding the ingredients together.

Make sure to squeeze out all excess water from the grated Zucchini, you don’t want your cutlet falling apart. If you like Zucchini, I also have the recipe for Zucchini Boats on my blog. I generally buy Zucchini in twos. I used the other Zucchini to make fries. Recipe will be up shortly.

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ZUCCHINI FRITTERS

Ingredients:

Zucchini – 1 large

Bread crumbs – ½ cup

Egg – 1

Cheese cubes – 2

Cornflour – 1 tbsp

Crushed garlic – 1 tbsp

Pepper – to taste

Salt – to taste

 

Method:

1.     Grate the Zucchini. Use a muslin cloth and squeeze out as much water as possible from the grated bits.

2.     Transfer the grated Zucchini to a mixing bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and mix it well. (The mixture will be slightly wet)

3.     Heat oil in a pan, scoop a spoonful of the mixture onto the pan (I used an ice-cream scoop) and spread it.

4.     Heat for a few minutes on each side until the sides are browned and cooked.

5.     Done.

   

       Recipe Notes

·       You may use any cheese of your choice. I used Nandini Cheese cubes. Do not add too much salt if the cheese is salty. My fritters were a tad bit on the salty side.

·       Instead of an egg, you may increase the quantity of breadcrumbs and use milk to bind the fritters. ( I haven't tried it, if it works let me know :D) 

·       Avoiding flipping the fritters more than once, as they are tender, they may fall apart.