Squash fritters are all good, except that they require a lot of flour or other binding components. It is much easier to bake zucchini fritters and potatoes, which initially included a lot of starch. In addition, the dish it turns out delicious, satisfying and tender. Many squash and potato pancakes like even more than from some zucchini or ordinary potato pancakes. In addition, this dish has many cooking options, which makes it possible to choose a recipe for every taste.
Cooking Features
Cooking zucchini fritters and potatoes need almost the same as potato pancakes. Even an inexperienced hostess can make tasty and even pancakes of these vegetables if she knows a few moments and takes them into account.
- In order for zucchini and potato pancakes to turn out beautiful, use a grater with holes of the same size to chop vegetables.
- Vegetables can be grated on a coarse or fine grater, but it is undesirable to grind them in a blender, because the dough may turn out to be too liquid, and it will take a lot of flour to thicken it.
- Shredded vegetables must be pressed to remove excess liquid. Potato juice is better to collect in a separate container so that after you can gently drain the liquid and keep the starch remaining at the bottom. It is returned to the dough for greater density.
- Zucchini fritters and potatoes will not darken if chopped onions are added to the dough. Onion can be finely chopped or grated.
- Appetizing and ruddy pancakes from vegetables will be only if they are fried in a hot frying pan in a large amount of butter. However, excess oil must be removed. In order to do this, pancakes should be laid out on a napkin, which will quickly absorb excess fat.
Usually pancakes made from zucchini and potatoes are served with sour cream, but there are other options for serving. The most original - with applesauce, the most dietary - with low-fat yogurt.
A simple recipe for zucchini fritters and potatoes
Composition:
- zucchini - 0.5 kg;
- potatoes - 0, 2 kg;
- wheat flour - 100 g;
- chicken egg - 1 pc .;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- vegetable oil - as required.
Method of preparation:
- Wash squash, clean. Cut in two and spoon out the seeds. Pulp rub on a fine grater. If the squash is young, they are not pre-cleaned, but only washed and dried with a towel, cut off the spout and tail.
- Peel the potatoes, finely rub them into a separate bowl.
- Squeeze the potatoes through a sieve. Allow the drained fluid to stand for 5 minutes, then pour it, leaving starch settled on the bottom. Return it to the potato.
- Press the squash puree. Zucchini combine with potatoes.
- Salt and pepper vegetables, add egg, stir.
- Thicken the dough with flour, adding it in small portions.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan. Spoon the dough on top of it. When the pancakes are fried on one side, turn them over with a spatula and fry until done.
This simple recipe is a classic one, but there are other equally popular and well-known recipes, which are also considered traditional. For example, often zucchini pancakes and potatoes are cooked with onions, carrots, garlic, and greens.
Zucchini Fritters and Potatoes with Onions and Carrots
Composition:
- zucchini - 0.5 kg;
- potatoes - 0.5 kg;
- chicken egg - 1 pc .;
- wheat flour - 80 g;
- onions - 100 g;
- carrots - 100 g;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- turmeric - a pinch;
- vegetable oil - as needed.
Method of preparation:
- Zucchini, peeling and peeling, coarsely rub and fold into a colander. After 20 minutes, squeeze them out and put them in a bowl.
- Peel the carrots and chop them on a fine grater, add to the zucchini.
- Peel the onion. Finely chop it with a knife, mix with the rest of the vegetables.
- Peel potatoes, coarsely rub, add to the bowl with other vegetables, stir them.
- Break an egg into vegetables, add salt and spices. Mix well.
- Pour in flour and stir until the dough has a uniform consistency.
- Fry the pancakes on both sides in boiling oil, spreading them in tablespoons on a hot skillet and slightly kneading.
It can be served with any fermented milk product: with low-fat sour cream, white yogurt, yogurt. In this case, a good idea would be to sprinkle the dish with fresh herbs, finely chopped with a knife.
Zucchini Fritters and Potatoes with Garlic and Dill
Composition:
- zucchini - 0, 25 kg;
- potatoes - 0, 25 kg;
- bulb onion - 75 g;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- fresh dill - 100 g;
- chicken egg - 1 pc .;
- wheat flour - 40 g;
- white yogurt - 0, 25 l;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- vegetable oil - as required.
Method of preparation:
- Skip the garlic through a press, finely chop the dill with a knife, mix and divide into 3 parts. Mix one piece with yogurt - it will be the sauce for the pancakes. Leave the rest to make the pancakes.
- Grate the onion on a coarse grater, after removing the husk from it.
- Mix the onion puree with garlic and dill.
- Peel the potatoes, finely rub and squeeze. Put the potatoes in a bowl with other ingredients, but do not pour out the potato juice yet: wait for the starch to settle on the bottom, drain the liquid, and put the starch in the vegetables.
- Grate zucchini on a fine grater, put in a sieve and leave for 10 minutes. Squeeze and transfer to a bowl with other vegetables.
- Salted and pepper vegetables, add an egg to them, mix.
- Pour the flour in and stir well so that the dough has a smooth consistency.
- Fry the pancakes in boiling oil, put on a napkin so that excess glass is drained from them.
Serve pancakes made according to this recipe with a yoghurt-garlic sauce made earlier. However, it can be replaced with ordinary sour cream.
Zucchini fritters and potatoes with watercress
Composition:
- zucchini - 0, 25 kg;
- potatoes - 0, 3 kg;
- watercress - 50 g;
- chicken egg - 1 pc .;
- wheat flour - 30 g;
- potato starch - 5 g;
- grated nutmeg - a pinch;
- salt - to taste;
- vegetable oil - as needed;
- applesauce - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Peel and grind zucchini and potatoes on a coarse grater. Put them in a colander, after 15 minutes, squeeze and transfer to a bowl.
- Coarsely chop a cress with a knife, add to vegetables.
- Break an egg into a bowl of vegetables, mix.
- Pour in spices, salt, flour, and starch. Stir until smooth.
- Fry on both sides. Putting on a napkin, wait until it absorbs the excess oil.
Served pancakes made according to this recipe with apple sauce. Of course, it should be without adding sugar: just peel and finely grate fresh apples.
Zucchini fritters and potatoes belong to the traditional dishes of many Slavic cuisines, however, there are some unusual recipes that will seriously diversify the menu and discover the new tastes of the usual dishes.
