Fried Zucchini With Tzatziki

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• extra virgin olive oil, for shallow-frying
• 1 lb zucchini, sliced into rounds
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cucumber, peeled and finely diced
• 1 tablespoon wine vinegar
• salt and black pepper
• 5 1/2 ounces greek yogurt
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 2 tablespoons mint, chopped

Recipe

• 1 first make the tzatziki. place the cucumber in a colander. drizzle over the vinegar and sprinkle with salt. stand over a plate and leave to drain for 1 hour. pat dry with kitchen paper or on a clean tea-towel.
• 2 mix the cucumber with the yogurt, garlic, mint and freshly ground pepper, then taste and add more salt if it needs it. chill until required.
• 3 just before serving the tzatziki, fry the zucchini. heat the olive oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan.
• 4 add the sliced zucchini and fry over brisk heat until golden-brown on both sides.
• 5 drain on kitchen paper, season with salt and serve at once with the tzatziki.