Zucchini fritters (zucchini pakora)

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

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.