Zucchini Fritters
December 3, 2009 by Zerrin
Filed under Appetizers, gl
There are several vegetables used to make fritters, but zucchini is the most prefered one in Turkish cuisine. There are several reasons why Turkish women generally use zucchini for fritters. First, it helps digestion system of body. You don’t feel bloated when you eat fritters made of zucchini. There is another reason for Turkish moms to favour zucchini while making fritters. You know moms always wish their children eat all vegetables and zucchini is one of the vegetables that children hardly love to eat.  However, I can’t think of a child who refuses these small and cute fritters. Knowing this, clever moms make fritters to make their children love this light vegetable. As this is not a main dish, moms generally make these as a snack before dinner time when their children come back from school.
Also, zucchini fritters enrich friend meetings in the afternoon. Turkish women try to serve various snacks when they invite some friends. Some of these snacks are a kind of borek, stuffed grapevine leaves, kisir, potato salad, lentil balls, cigarette borek, etc. And zucchini fritters are one of these snacks that is served to guests on a plate with some sliced tomatoes and cucumbers.
The last reason to prefer zucchini for fritters is that Turkish women want to put leftover zucchinis in use. When making stuffed zucchini, they carve their inside out and they don’t use these in stuffing mixture. As they don’t want to waste these, they generally put them in a plastic bag and keep in refrigerator for the following day. They make fritters from these at breakfast or as a snack for their children. So if you stuff zucchinis, do not throw their insides away.
Kabak Mucver
Ingredients
-Â Â Â 2 zucchinis
-Â Â Â 1 cup crumbled feta cheese
-Â Â Â 2 eggs
-Â Â Â 8 tbsp flour
-Â Â Â Half bunch of parsley
-Â Â Â Half bunch of fresh dill
-Â Â Â 1 tbsp baking powder
-Â Â Â 1 tsp salt
-Â Â Â 1 tsp black pepper
-   ½ cup vegetable oil to fry
Grate the zucchinis and squeeze their juice with your hands.
Beat the eggs in a large bowl. Add cheese and whisk.
Mince the parsley and dill. Put them in the egg mixture.
Finally, add flour, baking powder, salt and black pepper and mix them all until combined.
Heat the oil in a skillet. Take a little mixture with a tablespoon and throw it in the pan. Put as many pieces as your pan contains. When one side is fried (in about a minute), flap the other side. When both sides are fried, take the fritters and put them on a paper towel to get rid of the excessive oil.
Alternatively, you can cook them in oven instead of frying if you want it without oil. You will just place the fritter mixture with a tablespoon on a baking sheet in an oven tray and cook them at 180C for about 30 minutes until golden.
Serve these fritters with some greens or sliced tomatoes and cucumbers.
Healthy Vegetables
An eggplant, a carrot, a green pepper and a zucchini are close friends in the same neighborhood. They love to spend time together; they go swimming, play tennis, and have a morning walk together. In fact, the zucchini is the one who encourages them to have such an active life. Unlike the other vegetables, who love to mess around at home, the zucchini always try to be active to be fit. She always reminds her friends that they are vegetables, which means they must do exercise to stay healthy. She always tries different methods to persuade the other vegetables to exercise. This time she takes her friends to a dance club and maybe because of the lively music or the lovely costumes, they all enjoyed to be there. The zucchini thinks that she eventually finds the best way for her friends to exercise as they all promise to attend the club regularly.(drawing by mom)
To have a reddish color in quince jam or compote, put its seeds while boiling.
Divina on Thu, 3rd Dec 2009 5:07 pm
The fritters look great. But my nephew still doesn’t want to eat them. But consistency is the key. I like your write up on the healthy vegetable on zucchini.
hacer on Thu, 3rd Dec 2009 5:08 pm
Hi Zerrin,
This is the first time I am writing comments of your recipes.This also seems so delicious (like others) that it is becoming hard to stop my hunger at this time of the day.If I do not feel a bit tired,I will go and try it as a night owl working in the kitchen on the spur of the night.You force us to live in the kitchen.Take care
pegasuslegend on Thu, 3rd Dec 2009 5:13 pm
wowow this are so yummy!!!!! thanks
lk on Thu, 3rd Dec 2009 5:38 pm
those are so perfectly golden and delicious looking!
OysterCulture on Thu, 3rd Dec 2009 5:39 pm
Zerrin, these fritter treats look yummy! I love zucchini and I’d be hard pressed to stop eating them. They look scrumptious! Turkish moms sound very wise!
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie on Thu, 3rd Dec 2009 8:53 pm
I love zucchini fritters but never made them with feta before, that sounds fabulous and next time I’m definitely using your recipe!
jenn (Bread + Butter) on Thu, 3rd Dec 2009 10:05 pm
hehehe…I love the dancing vegetables. It’s been a while since I’ve had some zucchini. They definitely look delicious.
HoneyB on Fri, 4th Dec 2009 12:27 am
Theses look delicious! I love the recipe!
Sophie on Fri, 4th Dec 2009 12:55 am
I so love courgettes with feta: that makes an excellent yummie combination!
Lovely pictures!! I also love your healthy vegetables drawings!! hahaha,…
The Little Teochew on Fri, 4th Dec 2009 4:19 am
Oh Zerrin, I love fritters! I have made corn and prawn fritters twice already (on my blog). And now I will have to try these zucchini fritters. I love that you crumbled feta cheese into them!
Gera @ SweetsFoods on Fri, 4th Dec 2009 5:41 am
The zucchini golden fritters look sensational, especially with the adding of the feta cheese!
I’m bookmarking it for future reference, really soon
Cheers!
Gera
Jessie on Fri, 4th Dec 2009 6:05 am
yummmm great way of sneaking in those healthy vegetables!
Cajun Chef Ryan on Fri, 4th Dec 2009 8:03 am
These fritters really look good, I might add some Tiger sauce for dipping too!
cuisinetouria on Fri, 4th Dec 2009 10:24 am
I’ll try this recipe , sounds so delicious
Elif on Fri, 4th Dec 2009 1:39 pm
Zerrin, I love your site so much! Turkish food is the best.
Soma on Fri, 4th Dec 2009 3:59 pm
I love the fritters! But I love the kisir more than anything else
Reeni on Fri, 4th Dec 2009 5:48 pm
These look perfect, Zerrin! So crispy, golden brown and I bet their delicious!
Erica on Sat, 5th Dec 2009 6:41 am
I love those fritters!!!!I really like the addition of feta cheese. They look fantastic, Zerrin!
gastroanthropologist on Mon, 7th Dec 2009 10:04 am
These look delicious! I love how you add feta and great tip about saving the insides from stuffed zucchini. Yes, this would enrich any gathering of friends!
Faith on Mon, 7th Dec 2009 10:53 am
Zucchini is one of my favorite vegetables, and I love making them into fritters! Yours look absolutely perfect and so incredibly delicious!
MaryMoh on Mon, 7th Dec 2009 11:33 pm
Zerrin, these are my favourite. I love zucchini fritters. I love it with chili sauce dip….mmmm
zerrin on Tue, 8th Dec 2009 6:57 am
Thank you all for your comments. I definitely appreciate them much. As I have been dealing with my students’ exam these days, I can’t write responses individually. Moreover, I haven’t been able to check the blogs I love for some time. As soon as I finish some of my school works, I will be back around here again.
MorningErection on Wed, 9th Dec 2009 7:51 am
Handle your business at school. the comments will be here when you get back. I tried this recipe and loved it. Zucchini is one of my favorite vegetables. Asparagus is my favorite.
vishali on Wed, 9th Dec 2009 12:48 pm
hi Zerrin,
the fritters look really appetizing!
i have seen zuchinnis in the market, looking somethi like cucumbers. I have not used these in my cooking at all. Now i will try your recipe. Too hard to resist!
Daily Spud on Mon, 14th Dec 2009 4:29 pm
Ah, one of my favourite vegetables – though I rarely use them to make anything fritter-like. I will have to remedy that!
EddieStarr on Tue, 15th Dec 2009 9:04 pm
OMGosh, this looks D-Lish, I am going to have to make this!
vanessa on Thu, 4th Feb 2010 7:50 am
My mom makes these, they are amoung my favorite things!!
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