Quick Courgette Patties

This recipe is a light snack that you can have with either some tomato ketchup, or natural yoghurt. Courgettes have a very high water content so you need to make sure that you squeeze all the water out of the grated courgettes before adding the remaining ingredients. You do this by adding a teaspoon of salt to the grated courgettes, and then leave for about 3 minutes. You will then see all the water oozing out of the grated courgettes. Then just get a handful of courgettes at a time and squeeze out all the water.

Ingredients

Serves 2 Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 20 mins

2 large courgettes; grated 

1 cube of ginger; peeled and finely grated

1/2 a green chilli; finely chopped

3 tbsp of gram flour (besan/chick pea flour)

Some oil for frying

Method

1. Grate the courgette add a teaspoon of salt and leave for 3-5 minutes. Squeeze all of the water from the courgette and transfer to a bowl. Add the ginger, chilli and gram flour and mix really well. 

2. Shape the courgette into patties and then heat some oil in a large frying pan, and lightly fry the patties for around 15-20 minutes or until cooked, turning every 5 minutes. 

3. Serve with a some tomato ketchup, or some natural yoghurt.