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Oven Baked Eggless Zucchini Fries
April 16th, 2008 Madhuram Posted in Salt and Spicy, Snacks | 
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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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April 17th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
even i have made these..saw it in one of the cooking shows here “everyday italian”..i love these, tastes great.better than french fries:)).urs look really yummy:)
April 17th, 2008 at 6:26 am
Great! This is far healthier recipe than our deep fried Bhajjis.
Guess we can try this with other vegetables like potato as well.
April 16th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Huh? Seriously is that so easy to make?
Loved the recipe and thanks for sharing.
April 16th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Thanks SS and Laksh. Do give it a try.
Of course Smitha, you can use homemade yogurt also.
Cham and Dhivya it was very crispy on the outside and little bit mushy inside. But definitely healthy though.
Lakshmi, Pallavi, Vani, Divya Sharma, Resham thank you very much for stopping by.
Thanks Madhavi, Sandhya, Vaishali, Divya, Dee, Uma.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I love guilt-free snacks like this! They look gorgeous, Madhuram!
April 16th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Wow great recipe …Nice crunchy,yummy and most imp healthy !!
April 16th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
wow, great recipe! so healthy and crunchy and yummy!
April 16th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
April 16th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
great healthy snack, love them with mint raitha
April 16th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
A great snack..