These zucchini pancakes are superb for feeding your friends at a potluck dinner or a party. They are incredibly moreish, guaranteed to impress and very simple to make! The only tedious step is grating the zucchini and for me this task has been spectacularly simplified, and now takes less than a minute, using the inexpensive Moulinex Vegetable Mill pictured here (presumably any number of other groovy kichen appliances can also help with the grating).
Recipe:
500g zucchini squash (roughly 3 medium squash)
2 medium onions
2 garlic cloves
2 tbspns chopped parsley
2 tbspns chopped dill
100g feta cheese
2 tbspns sunflower seed kernels [Optional]
4 large eggs
2 tbspns wheat bran
100g wholewheat flour
1 tbspn Swiss Vegetable Bouillon Powder[www.veggiestuff.com/acatalog/gravies_stocks.html]
ground black pepper
3 tbspns safflower or canola or sunflower oil (for frying) [OR a no cal spray]
Grate the zucchini, salt them, cover and leave aside for an hour.
The salt should have made the grated zucchini expel water. Press them to expel even more moisture, as much as possible, and drain this water away
Chop the onions and herbs very finely. Crush the garlic. Crumble the cheese.
In a large bowl, beat the eggs, then add the wheat bran and sifted flour and mix using a wire wisk. Then add the zucchini, onions, herbs, garlic, cheese, vegetable powder (if you don't have this, use salt) and pepper to taste. Mix everything well. If you want an extra crunch then mix in the sunflower seed kernels.
In a non-stick frying pan, heat a tbspn of oil. Use a ladle to drop dollops of the mixture into the pan, and flatten them with a spoon into patties. Fry lightly for 3 to 4 mins on each side, then remove from pan and stack on a plate, placing paper towels between each layer to absorb any excess oil.
Delicious served with a vinegary tomato salad!
Calories for entire recipe are as follows:
1073 kcals plain, no oil
1173 kcals w/ sunflower seeds, no oil
1433 kcals plain, fried using oil
1533 kcals w/ sunflower seeds, fried using oil
Makes roughly 12 zucchini pancakes.
