Zucchini Fritters with Greek Yogurt Dip
Zucchini Fritters makes for a perfect high tea or evening snack on hot summer days. Serve it with chilled Greek yogurt dip and enjoy this delicious patio snack.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Zucchini Fritters
- 2 Zucchini (grated)
- ¼ cup Scallion/Spring onion whites (chopped)
- ¼ cup Scallion/Spring onion greens (chopped)
- 1 clove garlic (grated)
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp All Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Salt (divided)
- 1 tsp Ground black Pepper
- 1/3 cup Cheddar cheese (grated)
- Olive oil (for shallow frying)
- 2 tbsp Italian Breadcrumbs
Greek Yoghurt Dip
- 1 cup Greek Yoghurt
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- ¼ tsp red chili flakes
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp dried thyme leaves
- ¼ tsp Parsley
Instructions
Zucchini Fritters
- Grate 2 zucchini add ½ tsp salt to it and mix well. Transfer this grated zucchini into a muslin cloth, tie it, and keep in a colander with some weight on top for 20 mins. This will help release the excess water content from the zucchini.
- Meanwhile, finely chop 1/4th cup scallion/spring onion whites and 1/4th cup scallion/spring onion greens, and finely grate 1/3rd cup cheddar cheese.
- Now tightly squeeze the grated zucchini in a muslin cloth to remove the excess water and transfer it into a large mixing bowl. Add 1/4th cup of grated scallion whites, 1/4th cup of grated scallion greens, 1/3rd cup grated cheddar cheese, 1 egg, ½ tsp salt, 1 tsp black ground pepper and mix everything well together.
- Also add 2 tbsp All Purpose flour, 2 tbsp Italian bread crumbs and mix well.
- Heat olive oil in a non-stick pan on medium heat for shallow frying. Once the oil is hot, scoop out a portion of the fritter batter with the help of a cookie scoop (or a spoon) and gently place it in the pan. Flatten the fritter with the back of a spatula to give it a nice flat circular shape.
- Let the fritter cook completely from the bottom side until it turns golden brown (it will take approx. 3 min). Then flip the fritter and cook the other side. Transfer the fritter onto a plate lined with paper towel to get rid of the excess oil.
- Repeat the same process for the remaining batter. You can make multiple small fritters on the same pan simultaneously.
- Serve hot with some Greek yogurt dip.
Greek Yogurt Dip
- Take 1 cup of chilled Greek Yoghurt. If you don’t have Greek yogurt, use full fat hung curd. (Instruction on how to make hung curd is mentioned above in the blog).
- To which add ¼ tsp salt, ¼ tsp ground black pepper, ¼ tsp red chili flakes, ¼ tsp garlic powder, ¼ tsp dried thyme leaves, ¼ tsp Parsley and mix everything together.
- Serve chilled!