What can be done with zucchini

Courgettes are sold year-round but the season for these vegetables lasts from July to October. Young zucchini are perfect for stuffing, roasting, they are wonderful in salads, as a traditional vegetable and warm. The larger fruits are good for stews and pancakes. An exotic dish – jam of zucchini, the additional taste which you can make lemon and ginger.

Fried zucchini

The easiest way to prepare the zucchini, fry them in a pan or on the grill. Before grillowania thin slices of zucchini lightly drizzled with olive oil, fry, and serve them with different sauces. To fry the zucchini in the pan, also cut them in slices. You can dip them in tempura or batter and fry in deep fat or just dip in flour with salt. If you avoid excess calories, but still want the fried zucchini, you can cook them without the flour. Take:
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil;
- ½ Teaspoon red pepper flakes;
- 2 tablespoons of grated Parmesan;
- salt and pepper.

Chop the garlic. Heat the olive oil in a wide saucepan and saute the garlic with red pepper flakes for 30-60 seconds. If you don't like the metallic taste of overdone garlic, remove it from the pan. Cut the zucchini slices and sauté the portions until Golden brown on both sides. Serve sprinkled with grated Parmesan.

To prepare zucchini fritters, muffin or bread, vegetables RUB, squeeze excess liquid and add to the dough.

Baked zucchini

Baked zucchini slices, moreover, make them "boats", stuffed with meat or vegetarian stuffing and also cooked in the oven. Roasted and baked mix vegetables – zucchini, eggplant, peppers and onions – it turns out the famous French dish Ratatouille. And for healthy food "sticks" of zucchini. They will need:
- 2 young zucchini;
- 1 egg white;
- ¼ Cup of milk;
- ½ Cup of grated Parmesan;
- ½ Cup of breadcrumbs.

The washed and dried zucchini cut lengthwise, "sticks" about 3 inches in length and 1 inch wide, like French fries. Whisk egg whites with milk, add cheese and bread crumbs. The baking pan cover baking parchment. Preheat the oven to 180oC. Dip each zucchini slice in milk-egg mixture and place on prepared baking sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Serve with thick yoghurt.

Raw zucchini can be cooked vegetable carpaccio, submitting thin raw slices with sauce vinegar.

Boiled zucchini

In pubs a lot of fluid, so you should cook them either steamed or in a very small amount of liquid. Zucchini can be cooked the "noodles". To do this, cut the squash along with peelers on a long strip. And boil it in salted water for several minutes. A "noodle" can be put in pasta or make it a warm salad.