Courgette and feta fritters

Name: Courgette and feta fritters
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 3 courgettes, coarsely grated; 150g feta, crumbled; 2 eggs; 80g wholemeal plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 4 spring onions, sliced; 10g fresh mint, chopped; 2 tbsp olive oil; 150g plain natural yoghurt

Golden courgette fritters with salty feta and mint, good with a spoonful of yoghurt and a green salad.

Time30 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.85 a head

4 servings

Ingredients

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3courgettescoarsely grated
150 gfetacrumbled
2eggs
80 gwholemeal plain flour
1 tspbaking powder
4spring onionssliced
10 gfresh mintchopped
2 tbspolive oil
150 gplain natural yoghurt

Method

1
Mix the grated courgette with 0.5 tsp salt in a colander. Leave for 10 minutes, then squeeze out as much water as you can.
10 min
2
Tip into a bowl with the feta, eggs, flour, baking powder, spring onion, half the mint and plenty of pepper. Mix well.
3
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat.
4
Drop in heaped spoonfuls and flatten slightly. Fry for 3 minutes each side, until deep golden. Cook in two batches, adding the rest of the oil.
6 min
5
Stir the rest of the mint into the yoghurt. Serve the fritters warm with the minty yoghurt.

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