Kohlrabi Fritters with Herb Yogurt Sauce

Prepared in half-hour or much less, these kohlrabi fritters are excellent for a fast and scrumptious weeknight dinner. Filled with grated veggies like kohlrabi, zucchini, and carrot, these crispy fritters are topped off with a lemony herb yogurt sauce.

Why I Love this Recipe

Fritters are a good way to make use of up veggies which might be virtually on their manner out.

You may grate virtually any veggie mixture, combine it with some spices, egg, and flour and fry these infants up like there’s no tomorrow. Simple peasy.

Fritters additionally remodel the veggies. Full disclosure, I’m not the largest zucchini fan. I do know, veggie blasphemy.

However I’ve found that if I grate zucchini and throw it into fritters or tacos or sauce, I completely dig it. Downside solved.

If there’s a veggie that you just’re not over the moon for, attempt grating it right into a fritter and see what you assume!

I like that this recipe is completely customizable – you’ll intention for about 1.5 lbs of veggies (not together with the onion) or 7.5 cups grated veggies (earlier than squeezing out the water), use two eggs and 1/2 cup flour. Add your spices and/or herbs of alternative and voila! You’ve received your fritter batter.

If in case you have a CSA (neighborhood supported agriculture) field this summer season or frequent your native farmer’s market, you’ll positively wish to attempt these fritters!

Components You’ll Want

Notes on Components

kohlrabi: seems and tastes like a turnip but it surely’s just a little sweeter and milder in taste. Kohlrabi hails from the brassica household, which is understood for its chronic-disease preventing antioxidants. It’s an wonderful supply of vitamin B6 and vitamin C (comprises extra vitamin C than orange juice!) and is an efficient supply of fiber.

zucchini: barely candy and gentle in taste. Wonderful supply of vitamin C and B6.

carrot: provides a pop of colour to the fritters. You may grate them with a field grater or utilizing a meals processor

onion: provides fragrant taste 

parsley: brightens taste and provides stability 

egg: helps to bind the substances 

flour: thickens the fritters and contributes to crispiness 

garlic powder: additionally provides a punch of taste 

salt and pepper: important taste enhancers 

Tools You’ll Want (affiliate hyperlinks – for those who make a purchase order I obtain a small fee)

forged iron pan

The way to Make Kohlrabi Fritters

1. Mix the veggies. Add grated kohlrabi, zucchini, carrots and onion to cheese material and wring out any extra water. Switch to a medium mixing bowl.
2. Add spices and binding substances. Combine within the egg, flour, garlic powder, parsely, salt and pepper. 
3. Kind and grill fritters. Add olive oil to a forged iron skillet (or a daily frying pan is OK) over medium-low warmth. Drop fritters into the pan and flatten out with a spatula. Prepare dinner till golden-brown and crispy, about 3-4 minutes on all sides.
4. Switch cooked fritters to a paper towel to soak up some oil.
5. Serve fritters! Serve scorching (whereas they’re good and crispy!) with herb yogurt sauce. 

Professional Suggestions

1. It’s so essential to be sure you’re wringing out all the surplus water and moisture out of the veggies; in any other case you’ll find yourself with fritters that brown shortly and are undercooked within the center. To assist with this, you’ll be able to salt your veggies in a colander and allow them to sit for 10 minutes earlier than wringing them out with a cheese material. I additionally discovered that utilizing a citrus squeezer helped to wring out numerous extra water.
2. For an enormous time saver, use a meals processor with a grater attachment to grate your veggies as a substitute of utilizing a hand grater.
3. To customise the fritters primarily based on no matter veggies you’ve got available, use this formulation: 1.5 lbs (or 7.5 cups grated) veggies + 2 eggs + 1/2 cup flour + spices and herbs of alternative!

Recipe FAQs

How do you get fritters to stay collectively?

Get the skillet scorching. A scorching skillet will begin cooking the fritters as quickly as they hit the pan. This helps create that crispy texture which supplies the fritters a satisfying style whereas serving to to carry them collectively. You’ll additionally want to make use of a binder like eggs + flour. 

Why are my fritters falling aside?

In case your fritters are falling aside, it’s possible as a result of the batter didn’t have sufficient binding substances or the fritters are sticking to the skillet since you wanted extra oil.

The most typical cause is that there was an excessive amount of moisture within the veggies – be sure you completely dry out the veggies by wringing them out in a cheese material earlier than getting ready the batter so the binding brokers can maintain the fritters collectively.

If you happen to don’t have a cheese material, add veggies to a strainer and sprinkle with salt and let sit for 10 minutes after which wring out extra liquid with palms.

What are other ways to eat kohlrabi?

There’s heaps you are able to do within the kitchen with kohlrabi! Thinly slice and eat it uncooked with a yogurt dip, shred it right into a slaw or salad, roast it within the oven, sauté it (you’ll be able to sauté the leaves too!), puree it right into a soup, or shred it into fritters!

Is kohlrabi good to your intestine?

Kohlrabi is full of vitamins which might be linked to numerous well being advantages. It’s wealthy in each soluble and insoluble fiber which assist assist digestive processes and preserve wholesome intestine micro organism.

Storage and Preparation

Zucchini kohlrabi carrot fritter leftovers will be saved in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 3-4 days or within the freezer for as much as 3 months.

To reheat, add fritters to a pan over medium-low warmth and cook dinner till crispy, about 3-4 minutes per aspect. To reheat from frozen, allow them to defrost in a single day within the fridge earlier than reheating.

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For extra veggie inspiration, take a look at my different recipes beneath! 

Kohlrabi Fries (Baked or Air Fryer)

Air Fryer Zucchini Chips

Grilled Summer season Greens with Romesco Sauce

On the spot Pot Asparagus

Vegan Chickpea Burgers

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This recipe was retested, reshot and revamped to deliver you probably the most scrumptious (and most stunning) dish! The unique submit was revealed August 2016.

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