Zucchini fritters

I often end up buying zucchini than I need for a certain dish as they often come in batches. But what to do with a single zucchini…you could make fritters.

Ingredients:

Sliced zucchini – however much you have.

1 egg (for 2/3 of a zucchini. If you have more, you might need to add an extra egg – but you can see as you go along)

1 clove minced garlic

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup bread crumbs

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

1/4 cup vegetable oil

Method:

Rinse and slice the zucchini in slices of about 4 mm.

Add the flour to a plate.

In a bowl, whisk the egg together with the minced garlic.

On another plate, add the bread crumbs and mix these with salt and pepper.

Heat the oil in a frying pan – but be careful not to overheat, as it can catch fire. It is ready when you see a sizzle when dipping in a toothpick or adding a slice of zucchini.

Dip the slices of zucchini in flour, dip in the egg and finally dip the slices…one by one…in the bread crumbs. When they are all covered, add them to the hot oil and fry until golden and crisp (about 5 minutes). You might have to do a few batches depending on how many slices you have. It is important that they do not cover each other.