Zucchini fritters (zucchini pakora)

• Servings: 4
• Preparation time: 5 minutes.
• Frying time: 5-6 minutes(each batch).
• Total time: 11 minutes.

When I was in Japan, I received a heartwarming call from my daughter-in-law. With joy in her voice, she said, “Mom, your zucchini fritters are just too good!” Her words made me so happy that I decided then and there to prepare the fritters again and share the recipe with others.

Zucchini, with its tender texture and mild flavour, is such a versatile vegetable; perfect for turning into light, crispy fritters. Inspired by her appreciation, I not only made the fritters but also a variety of other delicious dishes like Zucchini with Corn, Malai Zucchini, Zucchini fudge, Stuffed Zucchini, Zucchini and Potato, Zucchini with Masoor Dal, Achari Zucchini, Zucchini ki Sabji without Onion Garlic .

These dishes are light, wholesome, and full of flavour, making them ideal for everyday meals. Whether you’re cooking for family or just experimenting in the kitchen, zucchini offers endless tasty possibilities. Sharing these recipes is my way of spreading the joy that came from that one sweet phone call .

Zucchini is high in magnesium, fiber and vitamin, it is good to choose always medium in size. Prepare zucchini fritters for your family that are delicious and exciting, serve with raw peanut chutney/dip.

Ingredients:

• Zucchini: 2 no.
• Salt: 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric powder: 1 pinch
• Asafoetida powder: 1 pinch
• Chilli powder: ½ teaspoon
• Chat masala: ½ teaspoon
• Garam masala: ¼ teaspoon
• Ajwain (carom seeds): ¼ teaspoon
• Besan (gram flour): 1 cup
• Water: 1 cup
• Mustard oil: for deep frying
• Meetha soda (Soda bicarb): 1 pinch

Preparation:

1. Take zucchini, slice into thin layer as shown in photo. Keep aside.
2. Take a bowl. Put Besan, salt and all ingredients; make a smooth batter with the help of water.

Method:

1. Take kadai (fry pan), heat oil in it. Let oil to smoke. Pour a drop of batter into the oil. If batter comes up, it means right temperature of oil otherwise wait for a while and test again.
2. After getting right temperature of oil, dip a slice of zucchini into batter. (Either direct by hand or spoon)
3. Deep fry all slices, when they start to come up, slowly turn over, fry till it becomes golden brown on both sides.
4. Remove the fritters from oil; serve hot with “Raw peanut chutney“, tomato sauce and “Green chutney“.

   

   

   

   

   

   

Zucchini fritters (zucchini pakora) by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.