Recipe for Indian Style Zucchini Fritters
Indian Style Zucchini Fritters are a tea-time snack in which juliennes of zucchini are dipped in gram flour batter and fried until golden and crispy.
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- Pan
Ingredients
- 2 Medium-Sized Zucchinis
- 5 tbsp Besan (Gram Flour)
- 2 tsp Rice Flour
- 1 tsp Refined Flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Ajwain (Carom Seeds)
- 3 Green Chillies; Finely Chopped
- 3 tbsp Finely Chopped Coriander leaves
- ⅓ tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 Big Onion; Thinly sliced
- Oil; for frying
Instructions
- Wash and juliennne the zucchinis.
- Add salt. Mix well and leave it for 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes, you will notice that the zucchini has released a lot of water.
- Squeeze out the water. Discard the water and transfer the squeezed zucchini to a mixing bowl.
- Add besan (gram flour), rice flour and refined flour.
- Add 1 tsp oil, turmeric powder, ajwain (carom seeds), green chillies, fresh coriander leaves and thinly sliced onions.
- Mix well.
- Heat a pan. Brush oil on the surface.
- Take small portions of the mixture and fry them in the pan. Add some oil on the surface and the edges.
- Cook on medium heat by flipping a couple of times.
- When it gets a golden hue, remove them. Serve with any chutney or ketchup.
- Alternatively, you can deep fry them. Heat oil in a pan.
- Squeeze the zucchini mix to remove excess water ( if any). Then put portions into medium hot oil.
- Fry till it becomes crispy.
- Remove and serve hot.