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.
