Madhuram's EgglessCooking.com | Eggless Recipes | Egg Free Baking

As long as there is Parents magazine, I will not have any problem finding easy baking recipes.  This is one such simple and tasty recipe.  I tried it for the first time yesterday with one zuchini.  It was crispy on the outside and tender inside.  Zucchini being a soft vegetable, when it cooks, the inside is not as firm as the potato fries. It tastes similar to the South Indian appetizer Bhaji, which has a crunchy exterior and soft/mushy inside.

Ingredients:
Click here for the ingredients and the procedure.

My Notes:
1. I used bread crumbs instead of cornflakes.
2. I also added some pepper powder and chilly powder for the adults’ version.
3. Beat the yogurt with a fork nicely and pour it in a plate so that dipping the zucchini sticks will be easy.
4. Dip 2 to 3 sticks at a time and put them in the bread crumbs mixture and shake the plate, so that the crumbs get evenly coated throughout the zucchini.
5. Place them in a greased baking sheet. I baked it for around 23-25 minutes to get the desired crunch, even though the recipe mentions only 15 minutes.
6. One zucchini is enough for 2 adults.

Update:
One of my friend mentioned that the zucchinis burnt in the oven around 20 minutes.  As I have mentioned in the notes section the baking time in the original recipe is only 15 minutes.  But mine was not cruncy enough, so I kept increasing the time 2-3 minutes and was checking constantly and around 24 minutes mine was nice and crunchy.  I guess I coated the zucchinis with too much yogurt and/or bread crumbs. So I would advice to bake for 15 minutes first and then bake for some more time if necessary.

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