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Courgette and feta fritters
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Courgette and feta fritters

These golden courgette fritters are dotted with tangy feta and served with a fresh lemon yoghurt dip.

Prep
20 min
Cook
16 min
Serves
4
Level
Easy
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Gather

Ingredients

  • 500 gcourgettes, coarsely grated
  • ½ tspsalt
  • 150 gfeta, crumbled
  • 2eggs, beaten
  • 80 gplain flour
  • 3spring onions, finely sliced
  • 15 gfresh dill, chopped
  • 2 tbspvegetable oil
  • 150 gplain yoghurt
  • 1 tbsplemon juice

Make

Method

  1. 1.

    Toss the courgettes with the salt in a colander and leave for 10 minutes. Wrap in a clean tea towel and squeeze out as much liquid as possible.

    13 minutes
  2. 2.

    Mix the courgettes with the feta, eggs, flour, spring onions and dill to make a thick, spoonable mixture.

    4 minutes
  3. 3.

    Heat half the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add six spoonfuls of mixture and flatten each to about 1 cm thick.

    2 minutes
  4. 4.

    Fry for 3–4 minutes on each side until golden and set in the centre. Repeat with the remaining oil and mixture.

    16 minutes
  5. 5.

    Mix the yoghurt with the lemon juice and serve alongside the warm fritters.

    1 minutes