Fried zucchini with curd filling and herbs is a great dish for a light summer lunch and dinner. This is a simple and affordable recipe that any novice housewife can cook.
Recipe content:
- Useful information about zucchini
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Zucchini is a versatile vegetable. You can make an incredibly huge number of all kinds of dishes from it, and of different categories: cold and hot snacks, cold and warm salads, pancakes, pancakes and cutlets, soups and desserts. One of these dishes is considered to be a fairly popular appetizer - zucchini rolls. Despite the fact that it is very easy to prepare them, the taste is not inferior to many complex delicacies. Rolls combine delicate curd flavor and light garlic pungency. If you like individual dishes, like fried zucchini with garlic and salted cottage cheese, then in a duet these products will definitely appeal to your taste. In addition, such a dish can diversify the daily menu. Well, I note that the taste and appearance of the appetizer are worthy to take a place at a festive feast. Meanwhile, this dish can be served not only warm, but also cold.
Useful information about zucchini
In addition to the fact that this vegetable is delicious, and as practice shows in any form, it is also very useful. Its pulp contains proteins, carbohydrates, carotene, ascorbic acid, pectin, B vitamins, iron and potassium. It is also pleasing that zucchini is very low in calories, from which they are classified as dietary products. There are only 20 kcal per 100 g of vegetable.
You can eat both young and mature fruits. The only thing I will note is that in the case of using the latter, then it is advisable to pre-peel the zucchini and remove the seeds. Over time, they become rough and not even very tasty. Well, having experimented with various pans, I advise you to fry the zucchini in cast iron, then they turn out to be much tastier.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 54 kcal.
- Servings - 10
- Cooking time - 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- Zucchini - 2 pcs.
- Cottage cheese - 300 g
- Garlic - 2 cloves or to taste
- Dill - small bunch (can be replaced with any other greens)
- Mayonnaise - 20 g or to taste
- Salt - 1 tsp or to taste
- Refined vegetable oil - for frying
Cooking fried zucchini with cottage cheese
1. Wash and dry the zucchini with a cotton napkin so that during frying there are no strong splashes that stain the walls of the kitchen. Then cut them lengthwise, about 5 mm thick, you should have long "tongues". If the vegetable is cut thicker, then it will not roll up well, thinner - it may break.
2. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and heat. Turn on medium heat and send the courgettes to fry. Fry them on one side until golden, then flip them over, season with salt and fry until tender. Adjust the degree of frying yourself - like heavily fried dishes, then keep the zucchini on the fire longer, less fried - reduce the time. Put the prepared zucchini on a paper napkin so that it takes away all the excess fat. Although this can be done at will.
3. Peel the garlic, rinse and chop finely, or squeeze through a press. Wash the dill, dry it and chop it finely. Prepare curd and mayonnaise.
4. Combine all products in one bowl and mix well.
5. Now collect the dish. Take a portion of the curd, squeeze it with your hands, shaping it into a cylinder. Place the resulting curd "barrel" on one edge of the fried squash "tongue".
6. Roll the zucchini into a roll and, to be sure that it does not fall apart, hold it together with a beautiful toothpick or wooden skewer. Serve the appetizer on a plate and serve the treat to the table.
See also a video recipe on how to cook a delicious and quick snack - zucchini rolls with cottage cheese.
