It's the time of year for zucchini everything! Our zucchini plants have had a particularly fruitful year and I've been looking for yummy ways to use it up. A friend suggested doing a zucchini fritter, which sounded like a brilliant idea. She has lots of brilliant ideas about food. So I set to work on coming up with my own recipe and they turned out amazing the first time. I made a chili lime mayo to serve them with, and MMM! Those flavours together are frittastic! This recipe makes 25-30 fritters so they could be served as a main course or as a party appetizer.
Here's how I made them:
vegetable oil for frying
3 cups grated zucchini
1 cup diced onion
2 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 cup prepared mayo
juice of half a lime
1/2 tsp chili powder
I started by pouring the vegetable oil in my skillet so that it was half an inch deep and turned the heat to medium. Meantime, I combined the zucchini, onion, and eggs in a large bowl.
I gave the mixture a good stir to combine. It got all kinda frothy. Awesome.
Next, I combined the flour, baking powder, 1/2 tsp of chili powder, salt, and pepper in a small mixing bowl and stirred to combine. To finish the batter, I added the dry ingredients to the zucchini mixture and folded it all together.
To test my oil, I dipped a spoon into my batter then dipped the spoon into the oil. Once the oil bubbled in contact with the batter, I knew it was hot enough. I dropped my batter into the oil by the heaping tablespoon, frying about six fritters at a time. They cooked for 2-3 minutes a side. Once the centres were firm, I removed the fritters from the oil and let them drain on a dinner plate lined with paper towel.
To make the dip, I simply combined the prepared mayo, lime juice, and chili powder in a small mixing bowl and stirred it all up. This is a seriously yummy dip! I love limes. And chili powder. And mayo. So this really couldn't go wrong.
These were so yummy that I'm daydreaming of making other fritters now. Mmm... apple... potato... banana...
Are fritters part of your home cooking routine? What do you like to put in them? What are you making with all that gorgeous zucchini?
These look divine! I can't wait to make them! I heart fried food and zucchini is so diverse.
ReplyDeleteI am SO making these!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I love your blog. The photos and recipes are fantastic.
Chef Heidi - Woah. I am HUGELY honoured you like my stuff!
ReplyDeleteBluebird - Let me know what you think when you give them a go!
Hey, this is perfect timing! My neighbor just passed three of the biggest zucchinis known to man over the fence to me. I'm on my third loaf and still have too much so this recipe looks great!
ReplyDeleteI did hollow them out, stuff them with bread, bacon, tomatoes, onion, basil and cheese and bbq them the other day - super yummy!
Yummy! We just made fritters last week and they were such a hit with my kids. I love the sounds of the chili lime mayo, too.
ReplyDeleteMade these tonight. So good. I could eat the dip every night!
ReplyDeleteI made these last night, but mine didn't really turn out crispy. :( More like, fluffy I guess?
ReplyDeleteAny thought as to why this may have happened?
Hi Gabby - What a bummer. If your oil is hot enough, you should be able to get a golden crispiness to your fritters. So it's important to test your oil as described before dropping your batter. Also, it's necessary to make sure the oil is deep enough and that you are using a vegetable oil that is suitable for frying, such as canola oil or sunflower oil. Olive oil would not be a good choice for high temperature (deep) frying as it has a lower smoke point. Does any of that help?
ReplyDeleteyou could make the dip with the chili and lime and Greek yogurt as a healthy and low fat alternative.
ReplyDeleteI use all vegies in my vegie "who whos" we call them..... corn, broccoli, cauliflower, black beans, chick peas, sunflower nuts....EVERYTHING! Can't wait to try the zuchini!!! We dip them in a mayo mixed with Thai sweet chili sauce, garlic and a tiny smudge of mustard.....devine
ReplyDeleteok, I'm add this one to my list as well. looks great!
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