Zucchini fritters with a MEALUP yogurt dip

Name: Zucchini fritters with a MEALUP yogurt dip
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Българска домашна кухня
Ingredients: 2 zucchini (about 500 g); 2 eggs; 60 g flour; 1 clove garlic; a handful fresh dill; to taste salt and black pepper; 3 tbsp sunflower oil, for frying; 150 g plain yogurt; 2 servings (60 g) MEALUP Unflavored

Time25 min
Servings4
Protein per serving18 g
MEALUP flavorUnflavored

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These zucchini fritters are ready in 25 minutes and give you 18 g of protein per serving: fluffy inside, crispy outside, with a MEALUP Unflavored yogurt dip on the side. An easy way to work zucchini into the menu when you have more than you know what to do with.

Squeezing the grated zucchini is the step that makes or breaks them: skip it and the fritters turn soggy and hard to shape. Beyond that, the recipe is quick and forgives small slips in the measurements.

MEALUP Unflavored is stirred into the cold yogurt dip while the fritters fry. It has no taste of its own, so the dip tastes the same and every bite gets extra protein.

The recipe

Preparation

Grate the zucchiniGrate the zucchini on the coarse side of a grater. Salt it, leave it for 10 minutes, then squeeze it hard with your hands to get the extra water out.
Make the batterMix the grated zucchini with the eggs, flour, grated garlic, dill, salt and black pepper into an even batter.
Shape the frittersTake spoonfuls of the mixture and shape them into flat fritters with your hands.
Fry themHeat the oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Fry the fritters for 2 to 3 minutes per side, until golden.
Make the dipStir the yogurt with 2 servings (60 g) of MEALUP Unflavored, ½ serving (15 g) per person, until smooth.
ServePile the warm fritters on a plate and serve with the dip on the side.

Tips

Squeezing the zucchini is key: skip it and the fritters fall apart in the pan.
No fresh dill? Parsley works well too.
For a lighter version, bake the fritters at 200°C for 20 minutes, turning them halfway.
Reheat leftover fritters in a pan for 2 minutes per side.
Want more protein? Use a full serving (30 g) per person, and each plate comes to about 26 g of protein.

MEALUP Unflavored is stirred into the cold yogurt dip while the fritters fry. It has no taste of its own, so the dip tastes the same and every bite gets extra protein.

Protein calculated from USDA FoodData Central and the MEALUP label (24 g in 1 serving).