Courgette and mint oat fritters

Name: Courgette and mint oat fritters
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 400g courgettes, coarsely grated; 60g rolled oats; 2 eggs, beaten; 3 tbsp fresh mint, chopped; 1 lemon, zest and juice; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp black pepper; 1 tbsp rapeseed oil

Light, herby fritters with grated courgette and oats, lovely with a squeeze of lemon.

Time30 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.65 a head

4 servings

Ingredients

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400 gcourgettescoarsely grated
60 grolled oats
2eggsbeaten
3 tbspfresh mintchopped
1lemonzest and juice
1 tspground cumin
1 tspblack pepper
1 tbsprapeseed oil

Method

1
Wrap the grated courgette in a clean tea towel and squeeze out as much water as you can. This matters, or the fritters will be soggy.
2
Mix the courgette with the oats, eggs, mint, lemon zest, cumin and pepper. Leave to sit for 5 minutes.
5 min
3
Heat half the oil in a large non stick frying pan over a medium heat.
4
Drop in heaped tablespoons of mixture and flatten slightly. Fry for 3 minutes on each side until golden. Cook in two batches, using the rest of the oil.
6 min
5
Serve warm with the lemon juice squeezed over.

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