Squash Fritters

These butternut squash fritters are delicious with a dollop of 0% Greek Yoghurt and some Pilav - or cold on their own with Chili Sauce...

Ingredients

  • 1 Butternut Squash
  • 2 or 3 Spring Onions
  • Fresh Mint
  • Fresh Red Chilli
  • 2 Eggs
  • Plain Flour
  • Breadcrumbs
  • Salt & Pepper

Chop your squash into big chunks and cut the skin off ( you could peel it first)

Grate it using the coarser setting in the food processor

Chop up your spring onion, mint and chilli – fairly finely

Mix this up with the grated squash in a large bowl (doing this with your hands is easier, but a bit messy)

Add 2 beaten Eggs and season with Salt & Pepper – mix again

Add a handful of flour and two handfuls of breadcrumbs – mix again

You are looking to achieve a consistency that kind of sticks together.  You could add more egg and breadcrumbs if too dry or wet – but don’t add more than another handful of flour or they’ll taste flour-ey

Once mixed up and looking like it might hold in fritters – heat a frying pan with some Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Fry spoonfuls of the mixture for 3 or 4 minutes on each side, leaving them to form a crust each time (ie don’t shake the pan too much)

Lift out of the pan and drain on kitchen paper – you may need to fry them in batches as a medium squash could make 12 fritters or so. If they break up in the pan it is definitely not a disaster – just pile them up in a bowl; they’ll still taste the same!

Great hot or cold, with Pilav or a salad

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