Aaaaaa, kolokithokeftedes
This recipe is dedicated to my Gpa George who passed a month ago, it was one of his favorite treats and dishes, because in my house, kolokithokeftedes was a snack and not a meal. He always was ready for some zucchini patties if someone asked and always made them with greek feta cheese. He made them so much that I never had to really ask him to teach me since the recipe is so quick and easy, I could memorize it, just by looking at him making it. It happened to be also my daughters Zoe favorite meal, she loves it. While we were shopping today she grabbed a zucchini and said “Mommy can you make this, to look like pancakes” I was clueless for a minute because she likes sweet pancakes also, but then knew what she meant. Yes honey, mommy will make you some zucchini patties.
Thank you Gpa for all the kolokithokeftedes you have ever made for us. I dearly miss and love you.
Ingredients makes 9 medium patties:
- 2 medium zucchini
- 4 soup spoons of all purpose flour
- salt / pepper / garlic powder
- 1 whole egg
- yogurt for topping ( if desired )
- soy sauce for saltiness ( if desired )
See pictures below for execution:
greek feta cheese is missing. I forgot to buy some, but I also make the zucchini patties a lot of times without it.
wash & peel the zucchini. leaving most of the zucchini skin. I just cut down the dark spots the zucchini had.
thats what it should look like- set it aside five minutes and drain any water that comes out in the bole of the vegetable.
add seasonings and the egg
this is the soup spoon. In my house we measure with a soup spoon, ok :)! It should be 4 generous spoon fulls
mix mix mix
the key to good zucchini patties is the hot pan. heat up your pan before dropping the mixture in for cokking
add yogurt, creme fraiche, cream cheese or greek feta cheese on top for some coolness.
I needed some type of sauce to go with it so I added soy sauce, and I loved it. I also love soy sauce what can I say :-/ :)!
ENJOY
I ate it all
I miss you Gpa this is for you!
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