Zucchini & nigella fritters from Small Victories: Recipes, Advice + Hundreds of Ideas for Home-Cooking Triumphs (page 107) by Julia Turshen

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  • Astrid5555 on May 01, 2024

    Absolutely delicious! I thought they were intended as a main couse, however with two teenagers they are more like a small side dish. Easy and quick, and the sauce is great.

  • Lepa on August 10, 2023

    As others have written, this is a great recipe. I will note that it's best to stick to small fritters because I made a few big ones at the end and they weren't quite as good. Maybe the insides didn't cook as well? My son, who doesn't like zucchini but agreed to try one, really liked this as well. If you have Simply Julia there is a similar recipe with feta and olives that I may like a bit better.

  • mdagl on January 21, 2023

    Absolutely delicious!! Had to make with scallions rather than nigella seeds because I couldn’t find any. Would absolutely make again!

  • hbakke on September 25, 2020

    A great way to use up zucchini. These were delicious, especially the sauce. I would probably go a little lighter on the salt next time, but I would make these again.

  • kari500 on June 08, 2020

    Delicious and easy, even for the fry-phobic like me. Served as a main, which I wouldn’t have gotten away with before covid, but next to a salad, and with some flatbread, it was a great meal. This time around I didn’t have enough sour cream, so added yogurt; no fresh herbs so I used dried dill. It was still really good sauce.

  • MollyB on November 05, 2019

    This is now my go-to zucchini fritter recipe. Easy and tasty, and the sauce is great. The fritters and sauce went really well with grilled lamb chop.

  • Rutabaga on September 22, 2019

    The nigella seeds and yogurt dip paired very well with the zucchini, and the fritters tasted light and fresh. While my kids aren't zucchini fans, the older one did agree that this was a better way to eat zucchini than most.

  • LMK on April 24, 2018

    These are a good time. The nigella seed comes across strong in a good way. I found mine a tad salty, will scale back a touch next time. Love the simplicity of this recipe.

  • Rinshin on September 07, 2017

    Like most fried fritters and tempura, this is very good and is a good use of zucchini. But, you don't really get the taste of zucchini and instead these taste somewhat like falafel esp with the minty sauce which is not a bad thing for sure. I really enjoyed the taste esp savory onion like taste of nigella seeds and simplicity of preparing. Instead of all sour cream, I used half sour cream and half Greek style yogurt with the mint, garlic, and juiced lemon. This is a repeat for sure. Uploaded a photo.

  • Starrysky on August 13, 2017

    Loooooove these! So simple and so delicious!

  • raybun on May 23, 2017

    Very tasty! I agree with Jane that the garlic mint sauce is necessary to take these fritters to the next level. A lovely summery dish.

  • Jane on September 26, 2016

    These were great - very quick and easy. Just grate some zucchini, mix in some nigella seeds, flour and eggs and fry them. The fritters are more vegetable than anything else. The garlic/mint/yogurt sauce is fairly essential I'd say.

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