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 can be virtually on their means out.

You’ll be able to grate virtually any veggie mixture, combine it with some spices, egg, and flour and fry these infants up like there’s no tomorrow. Straightforward peasy.

Fritters additionally rework the veggies. Full disclosure, I’m not the most important 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 simply’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 selection and voila! You’ve obtained your fritter batter.

When you have a CSA (group supported agriculture) field this summer time or frequent your native farmer’s market, you’ll undoubtedly need to attempt these fritters!

Components You’ll Want

Notes on Components

kohlrabi: seems and tastes like a turnip but it surely’s slightly sweeter and milder in taste. Kohlrabi hails from the brassica household, which is known for its chronic-disease fighting antioxidants. It’s an excellent source of vitamin B6 and vitamin C (contains more vitamin C than orange juice!) and is a good source of fiber.

zucchini: barely candy and delicate in taste. Excellent source of vitamin C and B6.

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

onion: provides fragrant taste 

parsley: brightens taste and provides steadiness 

egg: helps to bind the components 

flour: thickens the fritters and contributes to crispiness 

garlic powder: additionally provides a punch of taste 

salt and pepper: important taste enhancers 

Gear You’ll Want (affiliate hyperlinks – in case you make a purchase order I obtain a small fee)

cast iron pan

Tips on how 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 components. 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. Cook 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 sizzling (whereas they’re good and crispy!) with herb yogurt sauce. 

Skilled Ideas

1. It’s so vital to be sure to’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 may 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 loads of 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 based mostly on no matter veggies you’ve got readily available, use this components: 1.5 lbs (or 7.5 cups grated) veggies + 2 eggs + 1/2 cup flour + spices and herbs of selection!

Recipe FAQs

How do you get fritters to stay collectively?

Get the skillet sizzling. A sizzling skillet will begin cooking the fritters as quickly as they hit the pan. This helps create that crispy texture which provides 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 components or the fritters are sticking to the skillet since you wanted extra oil.

The most typical purpose is that there was an excessive amount of moisture within the veggies – be sure to totally 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 arms.

What are alternative ways to eat kohlrabi?

There’s tons 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 may sauté the leaves too!), puree it right into a soup, or shred it into fritters!

Is kohlrabi good in your intestine?

Kohlrabi is filled with vitamins which can be linked to numerous well being advantages. It’s rich in both soluble and insoluble fiber which help support digestive processes and maintain healthy gut bacteria.

Storage and Preparation

Zucchini kohlrabi carrot fritter leftovers might 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 prepare dinner till crispy, about 3-4 minutes per facet. To reheat from frozen, allow them to defrost in a single day within the fridge earlier than reheating.

Recipes that Pair Properly

Caprese Pasta Salad with Pesto

Summer Peach Corn Salad

Roasted Potato Salad with Egg and Herb Vinaigrette 

6 Ingredient Corn and Tomato Salad

Air Fryer Whole Chicken

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

Kohlrabi Fries (Baked or Air Fryer)

Air Fryer Zucchini Chips

Grilled Summer Vegetables with Romesco Sauce

Instant Pot Asparagus

Vegan Chickpea Burgers

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

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