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Zucchini Fritters from Turkish Flavours

March 17, 2012 By JJ 14 Comments

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Happy St Paddy’s Day, Internets! In honour of the day everyone becomes a little bit Irish – or if you live in most places along the eastern seaboard of America-land everyone becomes a lot bit Irish – I present to you a recipe from a Turkish cookbook. Wait, that doesn’t sound quite right. I present to you brilliant green fritters that just so happen to come from a Turkish cookbook. That’s a bit better.

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St Paddy’s Day is a pretty important day to me – especially this year – but more on that another time. For now we have Zucchini Fritters. They are bright and light, perfect for brunch with a poached egg and Turkish Baked Beans, lunch with some smoked salmon or dinner with any other protein you could imagine. The fresh herbs add an extra punch of flavour and the batter is nicely balanced, containing more zucchini than flour and egg.

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This is the first of the three recipes from our Turkish Brunch Feast that I’ll be sharing with you over the course of my Turkish Flavours cookbook giveaway – they’re a great way to begin. Oh, you don’t know about the giveaway?… Go on, go enter, the recipe will be here when you get back.

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Zucchini Fritters
Adapted from Turkish Flavours by Sevtap Yuce

Ingredients:

3 zucchini – coarsely grated [approx 2 1/2 c]
1 tsp sea salt

1 large brown onion – finely diced
packed 1/2 c chopped fresh flat leaf parsley
3 Tbsp chopped fresh dill
2 eggs – lightly beaten
3 Tbsp whole wheat flour
cracked black pepper

Oil and oil spray for cooking*

Thick natural yoghurt to serve

Full Method:

Toss grated zucchini with the sea salt, place in a colander and allow to drain* for 20 minutes or so. Squeeze remaining liquid from the zucchini and place in a large bowl – do not rinse.

Add all other ingredients and stir to combine well.

Cooking fritters in batches, heat a Tbsp or so of oil in large non-stick pan over medium-high heat. Drop 1/4 cup measures of the zucchini mixture into the hot pan, flatten slightly and cook for 2-3 minutes. Spray top of fritter with oil and flip gently. Cook for 2-3 more minutes. Repeat as necessary until all fritters are cooked.

Serve with thick yoghurt. These are perfect on their own, or with a poached egg, Turkish Baked Beans and Turkish Bread.

Makes 10 fritters.

Notes*:

  • It is quite important to salt and drain the grated zucchini so that your fritters are not too wet – almost a 1/2 c of liquid drained out of mine.
  • The original recipe heats a cup of oil and fries off the fritters a Tbsp at a time. You could certainly do it that way. Just make sure your oil is hot enough that it cooks them quickly and doesn’t soak in.
  • For Gluten-Free fritters, replace flour with your preferred GF flour blend.

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Comments

  1. Hotly Spiced says

    March 17, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    Your zucchini fritters look delicious and yes, a great colour for St Pat’s day. xx

    Reply
  2. Katherine Martinelli says

    March 18, 2012 at 12:16 am

    These look so delicious!!! Love the flavors here (and seriously need to get that cookbook!). Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day 😉 Thanks for linking up to my blog hop! Pinned!

    Reply
  3. Sandi says

    March 18, 2012 at 5:01 pm

    Looks delicious — I just got a batch of zucchini from my CSA and need to use it up!

    Reply
    • JJ says

      March 20, 2012 at 9:14 am

      Perfect solution! Hope you enjoy.

      Reply
  4. Nic@diningwithastud says

    March 19, 2012 at 11:50 am

    Love zucchini fritters 🙂 Happy belated St Pats day 🙂

    Reply
    • JJ says

      March 20, 2012 at 9:14 am

      heehee you too!

      Reply
  5. OohLookBel says

    March 19, 2012 at 4:55 pm

    I love fritters of all kinds. These are such a pretty green and are going onto my must-make fritter list.

    Reply
    • JJ says

      March 20, 2012 at 9:15 am

      I feel the same way – I have to try them when they are on a menu at a cafe!

      Reply
  6. myfudo says

    March 19, 2012 at 5:09 pm

    My kids love fritters…they love greens like this. I will really have to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  7. Nupur says

    March 19, 2012 at 10:51 pm

    Hey those fritters are really temtping.. you have a wonderful blog, loves peaking in through.. am glad to follow you now 🙂

    Do visit mine as well as you like..

    Reply
    • JJ says

      March 20, 2012 at 9:17 am

      Thanks for visiting Napur, great to have you here!

      Reply
  8. Peter G | Souvlaki ForThe Soul says

    March 22, 2012 at 10:06 am

    I see we’re both in the same frame of mind! Gorgeous fritters…I just adore the zucchini and herb combo!

    Reply
  9. rachel says

    June 19, 2012 at 8:31 pm

    “Mücver” its turkish name ? think

    Reply

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