Summer means vegetable fries that decorate the tables accompanied by a piece of yogurt or tomato sauce. So, frying is one of the last preferences of most of us. Is it possible to stay away from the beautiful pumpkin roast? Of course not. Can't we season it and bake it in the oven?
Spicy crispy zucchini baked in the oven is a light meal recipe based on this idea.
Ingredients For the Spicy Zucchini Recipe
- 4 medium zucchini
- 2 garlic cloves
- 6 tablespoons of olive oil
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon of soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons corn flour
- 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
- 1 teaspoon of hot powdered red pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon curry
- 1 teaspoon of freshly ground colored black pepper
For serving:
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
The Secret of the Spicy Zucchini Recipe
To add an extra crunch to the zucchini and remove excess water, first add it to the corn flour and then to the spice mixture.
Cooking Suggestion for Spicy Zucchini Recipe
In the oven, you can add the desired spices to the zucchini, which will be fried with a little oil.Depending on the type of oven and its temperature, you can reduce the degree and increase the cooking time of zucchini by 5-10 minutes.
How to Make a Spicy Zucchini Recipe?
- Cut off the ends of the zucchini that you washed in plenty of water and gently scrape off the shells.
- After crushing the garlic from which you extracted the husks with the back of the knife, chop it into small pieces.
- Cut the zucchini, which you have slightly scraped off the shell parts, into finger-thick strips. Take as much as possible the core parts that remain in their central part.
- Dip the pumpkin sticks that you have mixed with half of the olive oil into the corn flour that you have taken on a flat plate.
- In a separate bowl, combine the remaining olive oil, chopped garlic, freshly squeezed lemon juice, soy sauce, cayenne pepper, curry, freshly ground black pepper and grated cheddar cheese.
- Dip the courgettes you have prepared in corn flour into the spice mixture you have prepared and place them on greaseproof paper.
- Serve the zucchini, which you have baked for about 20 minutes in a preheated 200 degree oven, warm accompanied by yogurt or balsamic sauce according to desire.