Fritters are a the perfect summertime dish to help use up veggies from your garden. They’re super versatile – you can substitute any veggies that you like or have on hand. Serve them as appetizers, or they make a delicious side dish along with fish or chicken off the grill, but in the summer when I’m in the mood for a light meal I think they make a fantastic lunch or dinner by themselves.
I’m sending this recipe to Reeni of Cinnamon & Spice for her Side Dish Showdown. July’s theme is Anything Goes!
I’m also sending this recipe off to Chaya of Sweet and Savory for My Meatless Mondays!
Vegetable Fritters
(Yield: Serves 4 as a side dish or 2 as a main)
1 medium zucchini, diced small (about 2 c diced)
1 small ear cooked corn, cut of the cob (about 1/2 c to 3/4 c corn)
3 spring onions (white and green parts), thinly sliced (reserve 2 TB of the thinly sliced green parts)
1/4 c all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 large eggs, beaten
1/2 c low-fat sour cream
1/4 c plain, low-fat yogurt
1/4 tsp seasoned salt
Canola oil (for shallow frying)
Large skillet
Preheat the oven to 200F. In a small bowl, toss together the zucchini, corn, spring onions, flour, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp pepper. Stir in the beaten eggs just until combined. Pour enough oil into a large skillet to generously coat the bottom. Heat the skillet over medium to medium-high heat, then drop the vegetable batter by the rounded tablespoonful into the hot oil and cook until golden brown on both sides, flipping once (about 5 minutes per side). Turn the heat down if the fritters start to brown too quickly.
Once the fritters are cooked, transfer them to a paper towel-lined plate to drain any excess oil, then transfer them to a baking sheet and keep them in warm the oven until all the fritters are made. Repeat this process until all the batter is gone.
In a small bowl, combine the sour cream, yogurt, seasoned salt, and 1 TB sliced spring onion greens.
Serve the fritters garnished with the sour cream mixture and the remaining 1 TB of sliced spring onion greens.
I’m Faith Gorsky, the writer, cook, and photographer behind An Edible Mosaic. My goal is to inspire you to get in the kitchen and try something new! Feel free to 
These look fabulous, Faith. I am copying right now. I have made zucchini fritters (who hasn’t when you have never-ending zucchini in your garden?) but never thought to add corn and scallions. I love the sour cream and yogurt mixture!
I love fritters too Faith! And even better are vegetables ones so I don’t feel so guilty about eating things that are deep fried ;)
Oh my – these look scrumptious! Perfect timing, too, as I’ve got a ton in the fridge.
Your fritters look perfect! I love that you addded corn to them. The yogurt and sour cream sauce is a great idea.
They look soooooo delicious!!! Love your presentation and they sound simple.
Yum!! These look delicious! i’ve made zucchini fritters before, but this recipe suonds much better! Can’t wait to try them i have zucchini coming out my ears.
Faith I love vegetable fritters, this ones looks really fantastic. I make sweet fritters with all purpose flour and savory ones with chickpea or besan flour.
Hi Faith,
I am going to take a couple of weeks off at the end of July for our summer vacation. I was wondering if you would be interested in doing a guest blog post on my site? It can be 1 or 2 posts that you already have or a new one if you like. Please let me know! Thank you so much!
Erica
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Mmm delicious and crispy fritters..lovely!
Mmmm, this looks fantastic! I am sure you’ve noticed I am constantly looking for yummy sides for when Matthew and I grill out, which we do a lot of in the summer. I may just have to try this and post it very soon!
Mmm, fritters, zucchini, corn I love them all. You are right these are so summery.
Those look so good! We’re always looking for new recipes using zucchini and this one sounds perfect!
nice! they’re like disks of tempura! :)
These really look delicious. I can always use new zucchini recipes at this time of year. I hope you are having a great day. Blessings…Mary
The fritters look perfectly light and crisp! I can practically taste them…..
The way you presented them, they look so cute. I want some!
Yum!!! We all love these kind of fritters in my family! Thank you for sharing! :-)
This would be always most welcoming…anytime….my favourite! I love it with chili sauce.
Perfectly cooked and photographed fritters. Gorgeous.
Yum; love fritters and so far have had them a few times with different veggies; yours looks delicious!
I’ve made some similar fritters in the past…a little free-style unfortunately and have no written recipe anywhere. Therefore, your recipe will come in very handy…especially since I can really appreciate the ingredients you used.
BTW…the next time you stop by my place…there is something for you to pick up on my APPRECIATION page.
Ciao for now and flavourful wishes,
Claudia
Those look fantastic! I’ve tried my hand at frying in the past and totally botched the whole thing. Maybe I’ll have to try again with these!
A good! A new way to sneak veggies into Ben’s diet!
how could a person ever turn away a fritter? i like that your batch is made with a medley of veggies–that alone makes them even more appealing. :)
Oh! These fritters look yummie, zucchini and corn…so tasty :-)
These fritters look delicious…they remind me of pakoras from India….so good!
Your veggie fritters look wonderful. This is also a great way to use summer produce like zucchini, the vegetable that keeps on giving all summer. What a perfect appetizer this would make-very nice.
Delicious recipes, Faith! I have so many of your recipes saved that I’m never going to get to them all :P I hope to try these when we get our first CSA batch, fingers crossed!
They looks so cute and yummy!
fritters are the best, I love eating them in the summer! since I’m off to go grocery shopping right now, I guess I’ll get some extra veggies to make some. thanks for the inspiration!
Mmm yeah veggie fritters are the best, especially with all of this zucchini that I’ve amassed!
I love fritters! But I’ve never tried making my own. These look delicious!
Yum! Beautiful pictures! :)
These veggie fritters look so yummy~
We are just about to have dinner and I want these on our plates. I have just printed the recipe and I am hoping for this week.
Your veggie fritters look excellent! I love that you used corn in them! Thanks for sending them to the Showdown!
Such a yummy way to use up the garden produce.
Mimi