Zucchini fritters are perfect to serve for healthy lunch, low calorie dinner along with Greek Salad, chicken or salmon. This is a great breakfast idea, too!
Shred the zucchini, mix it with salt and leave for 20 minutes to let it release the juice.
600 g zucchini, 2 tsp salt
In a separate bowl grate the cheese and chop the scallions.
60 g hard cheese, extra chopped scallions
Squeeze the excess liquid from shredded zucchini with your hands (use a sieve or a cheese cloth). Discard the liquid
Mix zucchini with cheese, egg and chopped scallions. Mix in the flour. Add pepper to taste.
60 g hard cheese, 100 g flour, 2 eggs, 80 g scallions, 2 tsp black pepper
Heat olive oil in a pan on a medium heat. Form the fritters from the zucchini mix. One fritter equals about 2-3 tbsp of the mix.
1 tbsp olive oil
Fry them 2-3 minutes on each side until brown and crispy.*
Serve with Greek yogurt** and scallions.
80 g scallions, Greek yogurt
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Notes
*After frying you can leave fritters on a paper towel to get the excess oil off.** Use sour cream, cream cheese, tahini or other dipping sauce instead of Greek yogurt.