Best Courgette Fritters Recipes

COURGETTE FRITTERS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the grated courgette, flour and parmesan. Shape into walnut-size balls, then flatten.
• Heat a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and add the oil. Fry the fritters for 2-3 mins on each side until golden brown. Serve straight away with red pepper hummus.

SWEETCORN & COURGETTE FRITTERS

Steps:

• Mix the sweetcorn, spring onions, courgette, paprika, flour, beaten egg, milk and some seasoning in a large bowl and set aside.
• Put a large pan of water on to boil. In a bowl, mix the chilli sauce with the lime juice and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large, non-stick pan and spoon in four burger-sized mounds of the fritter mixture, spaced apart (you may need to do this in two batches). When brown on the underside, turn over and cook for 3 mins more until golden.
• Meanwhile, poach the eggs in the simmering water for 2-3 mins until cooked and the yolks are runny. Remove with a slotted spoon. Serve the fritters topped with a poached egg, mixed leaves and a drizzle of the chilli dressing.

COURGETTE AND SORREL FRITTERS

Steps:

• Grate the courgettes, and place in a bowl sprinkle with salt and leave to stand for 30 minutes.
• Squeeze out the moisture from the courgettes, and drain on kitchen paper.
• Beat the flour, eggs and cream together, and stir in the courgetes, sorrel and spring onion.
• Thin with a little milk to obtain the consistency of thick cream.
• Season with pepper.
• Heat the oil and drop tablespoons of the batter into the pan.
• Cook for 4 minutes turning once untill the fritters are golden.
• Serve hot.

CHICKPEA FRITTERS WITH COURGETTE SALAD

Steps:

• Blitz half the can of chickpeas in a food processor until smooth. With the motor running, add the eggs and milk, then sift in the flour and baking powder. Process until you have a lump-free batter. Fold in the whole chickpeas and chopped spring onions. Season and add half the harissa.
• Heat half the oil and fry the courgettes in batches until golden; keep warm in a low oven. Heat a little more oil and cook 2 tbsp-portions of the fritter mix in batches for a couple of mins, until you see bubbles appear, then flip over and cook the other side until golden. Keep warm with the courgettes.
• Toss together the courgettes, feta, mint and sliced spring onions. Divide between 4 plates and top each with 2 fritters and a dollop of yogurt swirled with the remaining harissa.

COURGETTE FRITTERS

Steps:

• Beat the eggs. Crush the garlic and add to the eggs with the salt. Mix again.
• Add the firmly packed grated courgette and cheese then stir in enough self-raising flour to make a batter consistency.
• Drop batter into hot oil to make small fritters. Turn over when golden brown.
• Serve with yoghurt cucumber mint sauce or any relish, chutney or tomato sauce.
• Serves 4 main servings.

ASPARAGUS & COURGETTE FRITTERS WITH FRESH TOMATO & GINGER CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Heat enough oil to come 2.5cm up the side of a large, deep frying pan. Put the asparagus and courgettes in a large bowl. Whisk the remaining ingredients together to make a batter. Pour it over the vegetables with some seasoning, then mix.
• Use a large spoon to drop bhaji-sized spoonfuls of the mixture into the hot oil - you'll have to do this in batches. Cook for 3 mins, until golden brown, then flip over and cook for another 2 mins. Drain on kitchen paper. Leave to cool before packing into containers.
• To make the chutney, pour the vinegar and sugar into a saucepan and put over a medium heat to dissolve the sugar. Add the ginger and tomatoes, then turn up the heat and boil for 10 mins until thickened. Cool completely before storing in a tub.

COURGETTE FRITTERS WITH TARRAGON AïOLI

Steps:

• First, make the tarragon aïoli. Prepare an ice bath with ice cubes and water in a bowl, ready to refresh the tarragon. Bring a pan of water to the boil and blanch the tarragon for 30 secs. Drain quickly and immediately refresh in the ice-cold water. Squeeze out the excess water, then blitz with the oil in a food processor until you have a green oil. Strain through a sieve to remove some of the bits.
• Put the garlic and egg yolks in a bowl and whisk until the yolks go pale and fluffy. Squeeze in a touch of lemon juice and whisk again, then slowly drizzle in the oil, whisking quickly and continuously, until it starts to thicken. Add a tiny splash of water if it looks like it's going to split. Keep adding the oil until it's all combined into a nice, thick green aïoli. Taste for seasoning and add lemon juice or salt to balance it.
• To make the fritters, toss the courgettes with a large pinch of sea salt and put in a colander set over the sink or a bowl for about 10 mins. Tip into a clean tea towel and squeeze out the excess moisture.
• Mix the courgettes with all the other fritter ingredients (except the oil) until well combined. Heat a little rapeseed oil in a non-stick pan and add fritter-sized spoonfuls. Cook until a crust has developed, then flip over with a palette knife or spatula. Keep warm on a plate in the oven until they're all done, then serve with hefty dollops of the aïoli. This is good as a side for fish, or as a snack/starter on a summer day.

CLAUDIA RODEN'S COURGETTE FRITTERS

Steps:

• Fry the onion in 3 tablespoons of oil over a medium heat until it is soft and lightly coloured. Add the courgettes, and sauté, stirring, until they too are soft.
• In a bowl, beat the eggs with the flour until well blended. Add black pepper (there is no need for salt because the feta cheese is very salty) and the herbs, and mix well. Fold the mashed feta into the eggs, together with the cooked onions and courgettes.
• Film the bottom of a preferably non-stick frying pan with oil and pour in the mixture by the half-ladle (or 2 tablespoons) to make a few fritters at a time. Turn each over once, and cook until both sides are browned a little. Drain on kitchen paper.

GREEK COURGETTE FRITTERS WITH TZATZIKI

Steps:

• Make Tzatziki: Squeeze excess moisture from cucumber. In a small bowl, mix yogurt, garlic, cucumber and vinegar. Stir in olive oil. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Make Fritters: Lay out a layer of paper towels and spread out grated courgette. Sprinkle courgette with salt and let sit for at least thirty minutes and up to an hour. Squeeze out all excess moisture from courgette.
• Put drained courgette in a large bowl with dill, spring onions, nutmeg, and feta. Mix to combine. Stir in eggs. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in flour until dough comes together, adding slightly more flour if dough is too wet to form patties. Form dough into 3-4 inch patties.
• Heat olive oil in a large fryng pan over medium high heat. Fry patties until golden brown on both sides and cooked through but still moist, about 2-3 minutes per side. Serve hot with tzatziki alongside.

COURGETTE FRITTERS WITH TOMATO & FETA SALSA

Steps:

• Mix the courgette, onion, spices, flour and egg together. Season. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a non-stick frying pan, drop in heaped tbsps of batter. Cook, in batches, for 2-3 minutes each side or until golden and cooked through. Serve with the tomato and feta salsa. 344 kcalories, protein 13g, carbohydrate 28.5g, fat 20.6 g, saturated fat 5.8g, fibre 2.3g, salt 1.33g

COURGETTE PANCAKE FRITTERS

Steps:

• Tip flour into a bowl. Make a well in the centre, break in eggs, then gradually whisk together, adding milk, a little at a time, to make a smooth batter. Stir in courgette and season well. Heat oil in a non-stick frying pan. Add tablespoons of mixture to make fritters, and cook for 2-3 mins on each side until lightly golden. Serve with sweet chilli sauce.

COURGETTE (ZUCCHINI) & FETA FRITTERS

Steps:

• Grate Courgettes, add a few pinches of salt and allow to drain for approximately 20 minutes.
• Place in a clean towel and squeeze out excess water.
• Mix courgette ball with onion, dill, parsley, eggs and paprika. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Work in the cheese and flour, mixture should have the consistency of porridge (oatmeal).
• For each fritter spoon out 1 tbsp of mixture into hot oil and fry until golden.
• Serve with slices of lemon.

SPICED PEA & COURGETTE FRITTERS WITH MINTY YOGURT DIP

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together all the fritter ingredients, except the oil, until combined. For the yogurt dip, simply mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl with plenty of freshly ground black pepper and 1 tsp salt. The dip can be made in the morning and chilled.
• When you're ready to cook the fritters, heat the oil over a high heat (you want to make sure the oil is really hot, so be brave!). Carefully drop 1 tbsp of batter into the pan - add only 4-5 tbsp at a time so you don't overcrowd the pan - and fry for about 2 mins each side until nicely crisp and golden. Remove from the pan and place on kitchen paper to absorb the excess oil. The fritters can be fried a couple of hours before serving, then reheated in the oven.
• To reheat the fritters ready for serving, heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Put the fritters on a baking tray and bake for 10 mins or until crispy and hot. Serve on a platter with the feta and spring onions scattered over, with the minty yogurt dip on the side.

COURGETTE & FETA FRITTERS

Steps:

• To make the fritters, put the grated courgette in a large mixing bowl and sprinkle with salt. Leave for 10 minutes. Drain off any liquid that has accumulated, then place the courgettes on a clean tea towel and squeeze out as much liquid as you can.
• Put the courgette back in the bowl, add the flour and eggs and mix well. Now add the spring onions, feta, garlic, herbs, chilli if using and seasoning (go easy on the salt as you have already salted the courgettes) and mix once more. Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat.
• Carefully drop spoonfuls of batter into the oil, using about 2 tablespoons batter for each fritter and patting them down so they flatten slightly in the pan. Fry gently until golden brown on both sides. Drain on kitchen paper and keep warm until all the fritters are ready.

COURGETTE FRITTERS

Steps:

• Add the egg to the grated courgette and mix.
• Then add the remaining ingredients and mix.
• There are two versions here, one a European one with added herbs: fresh Oregano, and one an Indian one with added spices: ground cumin and coriander.
• The resultant mixture is then spooned into a frying pan with hot oil, flattened out into 3 or four small fritters and gently fried on both sides.

BAKED COURGETTE FRITTERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Tip the flour into a bowl, season, then gradually stir in the eggs and milk until you have a smooth batter. Stir in the cheese and half the chives.
• In a dry non-stick frying pan, cook courgette over a high heat, stirring for 3-4 mins until just soft. Tip onto kitchen paper and squeeze dry, then stir into the batter.
• Oil the pan, then drop in small ladlefuls of batter, cooking for a couple of mins on each side until golden. Continue until you have 12 fritters, then transfer to a baking tray and finish in the oven for 8 mins.

COURGETTE & RICOTTA FRITTERS WITH POACHED EGGS & HARISSA YOGURT

Steps:

• Line a bowl with a clean cloth and add the courgette with a pinch of salt. Set aside for 30 mins, then use the cloth to squeeze out the excess liquid. Tip the courgette into a bowl with the ricotta, lemon zest, eggs and parmesan, then stir to combine. Fold in the flour and some seasoning.
• Stir the yogurt and harissa together in a small bowl and season with a pinch of salt. Set aside.
• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and spoon in six mounds of the courgette mixture. Cook over a medium heat for 3-4 mins each side until golden brown. Transfer to a baking sheet and bake for 10 mins.
• Meanwhile, heat your grill to high, then cook the pancetta, if using, for 2-3 mins on each side until crisp.
• Bring a pan of water to the boil. Drizzle a little of the vinegar into a ramekin and crack an egg into it. Swirl the water in the pan with a wooden spoon to create a whirlpool in the middle, then gently tip the egg into it and simmer for 3 mins. Repeat with the second egg. Serve three fritters stacked on each plate, topped with an egg and three slices of pancetta, alongside a dollop of the harissa yogurt, then scatter over the herbs.

SPICED COURGETTE FRITTERS

Steps:

• Tip all the fritter ingredients into a bowl. Gradually work in about 200ml cold water until everything is bound in a thick, spoonable batter (you can do this an hour ahead, but the fritters should be cooked at the last minute).
• Heat a decent layer of oil in a large frying pan, then fry large spoonfuls of the batter for 2 mins until golden. Flip them over, cook on the other side, then lift onto kitchen paper and keep warm while you cook another batch.
• Make the salsa by mixing all the ingredients together. Serve the fritters with the salsa for spooning over.

SESAME, HALLOUMI & COURGETTE FRITTERS WITH CHILLI HONEY DRIZZLE

Steps:

• To make the chilli honey drizzle, warm the honey, 2 tbsp water, chilli flakes and lemon zest in a small pan until bubbling and syrupy, about 3 mins. Put the courgettes in a sieve and sprinkle over the salt. Allow to drain for 30 mins, then use your hands to squeeze out the liquid - you want them as dry as possible.
• Combine the flours, sesame seeds and pepper in a bowl. Add the mint, halloumi and courgette, and toss lightly to combine. Crack in the eggs and use a fork to stir them into the mixture along with the spring onions. Stir until you have a thick batter.
• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large, heavy-bottomed non-stick frying pan and swirl to coat the base. Add 2 heaped tbsp of the batter for each fritter, flattening them down with a spatula, and fry for a couple of minutes until golden. Flip them over and press down with the spatula, then fry for another few minutes until golden and cooked all the way through. Drain on kitchen paper and season with a few flakes of sea salt. Drizzle with the chilli honey to serve.

COURGETTE FRITTERS

Steps:

• Fritters:
• Coarsely grate courgette and place in colander. Sprinkle with 1/2 tsp salt, mix and leave to stand for 1/2 hour.
• Meanwhile, VERY finely chop the onion, add to a bowl with chopped coriander, finely chopped chilli, curry powder, mustard seeds and pepper.
• After the courgette has stood for 1/2 hour, take small handfuls and squeeze as much water out as possible between your hands, retaining the juice in a bowl (used for the sauce later).
• Combine the courgette with the onion etc.
• Start cooking the rice.
• Now the sauce:
• Finely chop the onion, and fry in some oil in a saucepan. Once they have started to brown, take off the heat and briefly mix in the cumin, coriander, turmeric and cayenne. Return to the heat, stir a few times and then add the chopped tomatoes, fennel seeds and courgette juice. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 15 minutes.
• Sprinkle the gram flour over the fritter ingredients, and combine to form a thick and slightly sticky mass. Take small amounts and form into walnut-sized balls, then press to form small fritter shapes. Place on a floured plate. Repeat with the rest of the mixture. It will become very sticky as you handle it!
• Just before the rice is done, cook the fritters. Using a small spatula, very carefully place them into some hot oil in a good non-stick frying pan. Cook for a couple of minutes without too much handling (they are quite fragile until cooked). Turn and cook the other side.
• Serving:
• Spoon the sauce onto individual plates. Place rice in the centre (using a cooking ring to help keep shape if possible). Place three fritters on top of the rice, and garnish with a little fresh coriander.
• Serve immediately.
• Variation:
• Mushroom and courgette fritters. Finely chop 100g fresh mushrooms, and fry in some margarine or butter until the liquid has released. Using a sieve, squeeze the mushroom juice into the courgette liquid, and add the mushrooms to the courgette mixture. Cook as above.