Courgette, Feta and Sweetcorn Cakes

A variation on a Turkish recipe. Serve with a yogurt dip like Cakic or even a sweet chilli sauce. Don’t add any salt as the feta contains enough salt for this recipe.

Preparation time: 30 minutes   Quantity: Serves 4   Cooking time: 10-15 minutes

Ingredients

2 large courgettes -grated
1/2 teaspoon salt
60g/ 2 oz breadcrumbs
1/2 onion - grated
2 tablespoon sweetcorn
1 egg - large
60g/ 2 oz feta -crumbled
few twists black pepper

To coat and cook -
2 tablespoon plain flour
60g/ 2 oz breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons olive oil

Method

  • Mix the courgettes with the salt and leave aside for 20 minutes
  • Rinse through and then squeeze out any
  • Mix with everything else
  • With damp hands, mould in to 8 small cakes or 4 larger ones
  • To coat mix the flour with enough water to mix in to a batter the consistency of single cream
  • Coat the cakes in the batter, shake of any excess
  • Dip in to the breadcrumbs till well coated
  • Fry in hot oil till golden on both sides