Fried zucchini - general principles and methods of cooking
Zucchini is an excellent low-calorie vegetable, which is part of the dishes of not only Russian and European cuisine, but is also actively used in eastern countries. The benefit of the zucchini for human health can not be overestimated, it is rich in vitamins B and C, cleanses the body of toxins, removes cholesterol.
They prepare a lot of various dishes from the zucchini, right up to jam, but most often it is fried and used as a complete main dish or side dish, sometimes fried in vegetable oil, the vegetable is a component of another, more difficult to prepare dish. Roasted zucchini in breading flour, dough, crackers, grated hard cheese, herbs, etc., weight options, the main thing is to master the basic principle of processing the product. Squashes are cooked quickly, they can be eaten both hot and cold.
Fried Zucchini - Preparing Foods
Before roasting the zucchini, it should be removed from the skin and seeds (when it comes to young vegetables, this stage can be avoided), cut into slices or circles, slightly salted, roll in breading and put on a hot pan, watered with vegetable oil Quite often, roasted zucchini cooked with grated garlic. Garlic is used only after the dish is almost ready, they are smeared with already roasted vegetables.
Fried Zucchini - the best recipes
Fried zucchini with garlic
A simple and popular recipe for roasted zucchini with garlic will help for any hostess who does not know how to please her family.
Ingredients:
- 1 zucchini (sizes depend on the number of family members);
- 50 grams of wheat flour;
- 100 grams of vegetable oil;
- 2 cloves of garlic
- salt;
- ground black pepper.
Method of preparation
Young squash cut into circles, if the vegetable is “older”, peel it from the peel and seeds, cut into small pieces. Pour flour into a separate plate, add salt, ground pepper, mix. Slices of vegetable roll in flour, fry the prepared zucchini in a skillet, previously plentifully watered with vegetable oil. Vegetable absorbs oil quickly, so you need to ensure that it is always enough, otherwise the zucchini will burn. Turn the zucchini should be at the moment when he browned. After the zucchini is roasted, it must be greased with garlic, passed through garlic, and poured with mayonnaise or sour cream. Served hot or cold, depending on preference, can be used as a side dish for fish or chicken.
Fried zucchini with mushrooms and tomatoes
Squashes are perfectly combined with mushrooms and other vegetables, an example of this is the following recipe.
Ingredients:
- 1 kilogram of zucchini;
- 300 grams of white mushrooms;
- 5 tomatoes;
- 100 grams of butter;
- 4 tablespoons of flour;
- 4 tablespoons sour cream;
- ground black pepper;
- salt;
- greenery.
Method of preparation
Cooking should start with roasting zucchini. Peel the vegetable and skin (if necessary), chop, roll in flour mixed with salt and pepper, fry in butter.
We start working with mushrooms, they should lie for a few minutes in boiling water, then they should be cut into small pieces, pour sour cream, salted a little and simmer until cooked.
Tomatoes must be peeled (it is easy to make, if you pre-scald a tomato with boiling water), chop them into small pieces, salt, pepper, fry in a frying pan.
Fried zucchini with mushrooms and tomatoes are served on a common dish, first spread mushrooms, then zucchini, tomatoes, everything is covered with greens on top.
Korean Fried Zucchini
The people of Korea, like our compatriots, fry zucchini, but serve them on the table with savory sauce. Meet the recipe.
Ingredients for the preparation of zucchini:
- 1 medium-sized squash;
- 50 grams of wheat flour;
- 100 grams of vegetable oil;
- salt.
Ingredients for making sauce:
- 2 tablespoons of soy sauce;
- 1 tablespoon of rice vinegar;
- a little sesame oil (at the tip of a spoon);
- 1/2 teaspoon of roasted sesame seeds;
- 1 tablespoon of boiled water;
- hot red pepper (a few pieces);
- green onions.
Method of preparation
It is worth starting the preparation of the dish with the creation of the sauce, it will infuse and acquire the desired flavor while the hostess is controlled with the zucchini. Mix vinegar, sauce, sesame oil and water, add very finely chopped pepper and green onions, send sesame to the same place. The sauce must be thoroughly mixed and left to stand 1-1.5. Zucchini clean, cut, salt, roll in flour, fry in vegetable oil. They serve the dish to the table as follows: a stick with a sauce is placed in the center of a large plate, and fried zucchini are laid around.
Zucchini fried in Hebrew
In Jewish cuisine, fried zucchini is prepared with sour cream, herbs and walnuts.
Ingredients:
- 100 grams of zucchini;
- 10 grams of wheat flour;
- 10 grams of vegetable oil;
- 20 grams of sour cream;
- 10 grams of walnut kernels;
- greens (celery, dill, parsley, etc.);
- salt.
Method of preparation
Peel zucchini, cut into small pieces 1-1.5 centimeters thick, roll them in wheat flour, to which salt was previously added, fry in vegetable oil. Fried zucchini is served to the table in Hebrew style with crushed walnuts, chopped greens and sour cream.
Fried zucchini - useful tips from experienced chefs
Before cooking zucchini must be washed, cleaned from the skin and seeds, if the vegetable is young, you can cut and fry it, not getting rid of the skin and seeds.
You should not fry zucchini too much, they should be slightly damp inside, then they can be brought to readiness, covered with foil, otherwise they can turn out to be porridge or they will burn quite noticeably.
Squashes are excellent in taste, both hot and cold, so you should not worry that the roasted vegetable will quickly cool, so perhaps you like it even more.
