Easy Indian Zucchini Fry Snack Recipe–Zucchini fry is an easy Indian snack recipe made from zucchini, Indian spices, and a mix of gram flour and rice flour.
We can serve shallow fried zucchini with green chutney or tomato ketchup as a quick evening snack or tea-time snack.
This easy Indian zucchini fry snack has a crispy texture from the outside and a softer crunch from the inside. Zucchini has many health benefits so consume it in whatever way you can to gain the most out of it.
It is widely available in India nowadays but many people do not know how to cook zucchini or what to make out of it.
Healthy Zucchini is very easy to make and you can try new recipes from it, including this zucchini recipe which is Indian style vegetarian snack.
In this quick evening zucchini snack
- Marinating zucchini with salt and lemon juice helps the spiced flour to stick to the zucchini well apart from giving the taste so do not skip this step.
- I recommended you to shallow fry the zucchini in this recipe as the zucchini does not require too much oil to cook and deep-frying may result in the spoiling of oil due to flour we have used in coating the zucchini,
- You can replace mustard oil with olive oil or any other vegetable oil.
I request you to check other delicious snacks recipes on this blog along with this post:
How to make zucchini snack Indian style
For marinating zucchini
- Take 1 green zucchini. wash and pat dry with a cloth.
2. Remove the edges of the zucchini and cut it into rounds. The slices should not be too thin or thick as the thin slices will not hold the texture after getting cooked whereas thick slices will not be cooked properly. Drizzle 1/2 tbsp lemon juice and 1/2 tsp salt on the zucchini roundels.
For coating zucchini
3. Take 2.5 tbsp gram flour (besan) and 2.5 tbsp rice flour in a bowl.
4. Add 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp kashmiri red chili powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp cumin powder, and 1/2 tsp garam masala powder to the flour.
5. Mix the flour and the spices well with a spoon.
6. Coat zucchini roundels well with the spiced flour mixture.
For making zucchini fry snack
7. Heat 2 tbsp mustard oil in a non-stick pan and add zucchini to it in batches.
8. Shallow fry on a medium flame till crispy on one side, flip it and repeat the same process for the other side.
9. Let the other side be crispy as well.
A tasty and easy Indian snack recipe zucchini fry is ready to be relished. Garnish with some coriander leaves.
Recipe card for easy Indian zucchini fry snack recipe
Easy Indian Zucchini Fry Snack Recipe
Equipment
- Non-stick pan
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
For marinating Zucchini
- 1 Green Zucchini
- 1/2 tbsp Lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp salt
For coating Zucchini
- 2.5 tbsp Gram flour (besan)
- 2.5 tbsp Rice flour
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder
- 1 tsp Coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp Cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
For making zucchini fry snack
- Coated Zucchini roundels
- 2 tbsp Mustard oil or any other oil of your choice
- 1 tsp coriander leaves for garnishing
Instructions
For marinating zucchini
- Take 1 green zucchini. wash and pat dry with a cloth
- Remove the edges of the zucchini and cut it into rounds. The slices should not be too thin or thick as the thin slices will not hold the texture after getting cooked whereas thick slices will not be cooked properly. Drizzle 1/2 tbsp lemon juice and 1/2 tsp salt on the zucchini roundels.
For coating zucchini
- Take 2.5 tbsp gram flour (besan) and 2.5 tbsp rice flour in a bowl.
- Add 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp kashmiri red chili powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp cumin powder, and 1/2 tsp garam masala powder to the flour.
- Mix the flour and the spices well with a spoon.
- Coat zucchini roundels well with the spiced flour mixture.
For making zucchini fry snack
- Heat 2 tbsp mustard oil in a non-stick pan and add zucchini to it in batches.
- Shallow fry on a medium flame till crispy on one side, flip it and repeat the same process for the other side.
- Let the other side be crispy as well.
- A tasty and easy Indian snack recipe zucchini fry is ready to be relished. Garnish with some coriander leaves.
Notes
- Marinating zucchini with salt and lemon juice helps the spiced flour to stick to the zucchini well apart from giving the taste so do not skip this step.
- I recommended you to shallow fry the zucchini in this recipe as the zucchini does not require too much oil to cook and deep-frying may result in the spoiling of oil due to flour we have used in coating the zucchini,
- You can replace mustard oil with olive oil or any other vegetable oil.
2 Comments
Susan Abraham
June 17, 2021 at 2:40 pm
too good
By Geeta
June 18, 2021 at 1:49 am
Thanks, Susan!