A distant relative of pumpkin, zucchini, is appreciated by culinary specialists for its light and delicate taste. Coming to the tables of Europeans in the sixteenth century, he became a welcome and one of the most useful guests on our tables. Today, you can buy zucchini at any time of the year, just by coming to the store or to the market. Those who grow zucchini on their own, provided that the peel is intact, can store them almost all winter without losing the beneficial properties for which these vegetables have long been famous. Zucchini has a calming, wound-healing effect, helps fight the obsessive feeling of hunger. It has a lot of fiber, vitamin C, phosphorus and B vitamins. In addition, zucchini is considered a dietary product, and it is just a delicious salvation for those who want to get rid of extra pounds without harmful diets, because this vegetable has very few calories.

You can cook a lot of healthy and tasty food from zucchini. Zucchini pancakes are one of the most popular dishes for which this vegetable is used, due to its excellent taste and ease of preparation.

Zucchini pancakes – food preparation

The main protagonist of this dish is zucchini, among which you should choose the youngest and strongest. Young zucchini have delicate skin, so you do not need to remove it, as it is rich in nutrients. Moreover, such a peel does not affect the taste of the dish in any way.

If old zucchini with a dense skin are used, then they must first be thoroughly washed, cleaned and seeds removed.

Zucchini pancakes – the best recipes

Recipe 1: Zucchini Fritters

It takes very little time to cook these tender, juicy, fragrant pancakes, and you can eat them both hot and cold, they will be equally tasty.

Ingredients:

2 zucchini;
2 eggs;
5 st. l. flour;
greens, salt, pepper to taste;
vegetable oil for frying.

Cooking method:

1. Finely chop the greens, rub the prepared zucchini on a fine grater and, if they are very juicy, drain the juice.

2. Mix zucchini and greens with eggs, add flour, salt, pepper, mix well again. When adding flour, you need to ensure that the consistency of the squash mass is not too thick and not liquid, so more flour can be added than written in the recipe.

3. Having poured oil into the pan, heat it well and, spreading the dough with a spoon, fry the pancakes for several minutes on both sides. Pancakes will be ready when a beautiful golden crust appears on them. Serve with sour cream.

Recipe 2: Zucchini Pancakes with Onions

A very tasty dish. Onions give zucchini pancakes a special, spicy taste. And they cook very quickly.

1 medium-sized zucchini;
1 стакан flour;
1 onion;
1 egg;
salt and red ground pepper to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Grate the zucchini and onion.

2. Mix prepared vegetables with egg, salt, pepper and mix everything well.

3. Add flour, mix everything well again.

4. Spoon the dough into a pan with heated sunflower oil and fry the pancakes for about 5 minutes on each side. Ready pancakes are served with sour cream.

Recipe 3: Zucchini Pancakes with Minced Meat

By preparing this dish, you can get, at your request, not just a side dish, but a full-fledged main course. Zucchini make these pancakes airy and light, and meat – hearty. They can be prepared with chicken, beef, pork and even minced fish as desired.

Ingredients:

1 zucchini;
300 gr. minced meat;
2 onions;
2 eggs;
3 art. l. flour;
salt and pepper to taste.

1. Finely chop the onion (you can use a coarse grater to chop it) and add it to the minced meat along with salt and pepper.

2. Grate the zucchini and add the rest of the ingredients to it: minced meat, flour, spices, eggs, mix everything well.

3. Pour sunflower oil into a well-heated pan, put the zucchini dough in it with a spoon and fry the pancakes until golden brown on both sides.

4. It is better to serve such pancakes on the table immediately after cooking, then they have the best look and taste.

Recipe 4: Sweet zucchini pancakes

Not quite the usual recipe, which, however, will definitely appeal to children. Pancakes are very tender and tasty, so you should definitely try them.

Ingredients:

200 gr. flour;
0.5 kg of zucchini;
2 tbsp. l. Sahara;
1 egg;
salt;
a pinch of soda;
rast. frying oil.

1. For this recipe, it is better to take peeled zucchini. Having cut the zucchini into pieces, cut out the seeds from them and rub the resulting pieces on the smallest grater. The resulting zucchini puree is mixed with egg, flour, sugar, salt, soda on the tip of a knife.

2. Warm up on fire frying pan, pour vegetable oil into it and carefully spread the resulting dough there with a spoon, then fry the pancakes in hot oil until golden brown.

3. Serve such pancakes better warm, with sweet sauce, jam, honey, sour cream or butter.

Recipe 5. Pancakes from zucchini with garlic

Fans of savory dishes will like these pancakes thanks to garlic. If you serve them on the table, as they say, piping hot, and with sour cream, then they will surely become your guests’ favorite dish.

Ingredients:

1 medium zucchini;
2/3 стакана flour;
1 onion;
1 egg;
2 cloves of garlic;
salt to taste.

1. Rub the zucchini and onion on a grater, chop the garlic in a garlic press.

2. Mix grated zucchini, garlic and chopped onion with egg, salt, pepper, mix everything well again.

3. Spoon the resulting dough into a frying pan with sunflower oil, preheated well, and fry the pancakes on both sides until golden brown.

4. Serve pancakes with sour cream, or as a side dish for meat dishes.

Zucchini pancakes – useful tips from experienced chefs

1. When preparing dough for zucchini pancakes, it should be borne in mind that young zucchini (they are also called milk zucchini) give more liquid than large fruits, so if necessary, either drain some of the released zucchini juice or add more flour to the dough, bringing it to desired consistency.

2. When preparing zucchini pancakes, it is better to put the dough into the pan with a tablespoon so that they turn out small and not too thick. In this case, the pan should be very well heated, then the pancakes will not stick to its bottom and will have a delicious golden crust.