Zucchini is a variety of pumpkin. The plant is considered to be bushy and has an oblong fruit. When exactly people began to use zucchini as food is not known. Probably, human acquaintance with this vegetable occurred in antiquity. This is how people got acquainted with many plants that were collected and used for food.
Zucchini makes excellent side dishes for meat. However, the vegetable is also eaten as a main dish. Let’s show how to make zucchini in batter.
Ingredients for zucchini in batter:
- zucchini – 2 pcs;
- salt – ½ tsp;
- cheese – 100 g;
- dried parsley – tsp;
- paprika – tsp;
- eggs – 4 pcs;
- breadcrumbs – 100 g;
- flour – 50 g.
Preparation of zucchini in batter:
On the peel of zucchini make scars lengthwise using the tines of a fork. Remove the stalks from the zucchini, cut lengthwise into plates about cm thick.
Put the zucchini in a baking dish, salt.
Leave the zucchini in the salt for 20 minutes. In the meantime, grate the cheese, add
the dry parsley and paprika to the cheese, break the eggs and beat the ingredients.
Mix the flour with breadcrumbs
, remove the liquid from the zucchini
, dip the zucchini plates into the flour and breadcrumbs mixture and then into the cheese mixture.
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry zucchini on both sides until golden under a lid for 4 minutes.
Next, braise the zucchini on low heat for 5 minutes under a lid.
You can add ground black pepper to the zucchini during the marinating process. This makes a hearty dish with a crispy crust.
