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Mücver

Name: Mücver
Prep time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 3 courgettes (about 600 g), coarsely grated; 1 tsp salt; 3 spring onions, sliced; ½ bunch dill, chopped; 1 tsp dried mint; 100 g beyaz peynir (brined white cheese), crumbled; 2 eggs; 80 g plain flour; ½ tsp black pepper; 150 ml sunflower oil, for frying; 200 g plain yogurt with 1 crushed garlic clove, to serve

/mewj·VER/

Courgette fritters with white cheese, dill and mint

4serves

45 minactive time

Goes with

Rakı

Herby fritters and garlic yogurt meet the aniseed freshness of rakı.

Also good with beer.

Our chef's recipe, coming soon. This is the classic version, as it is made on most meyhane tables.

Ingredients

3courgettes (about 600 g), coarsely grated
1 tspsalt
3spring onions, sliced
½ bunchdill, chopped
1 tspdried mint
100 gbeyaz peynir (brined white cheese), crumbled
2eggs
80 gplain flour
½ tspblack pepper
150 mlsunflower oil, for frying
200 gplain yogurt with 1 crushed garlic clove, to serve

Method

Mix the courgettes with the salt and leave in a colander for 15 minutes, then squeeze out as much liquid as possible.
Mix the courgettes with the spring onions, herbs, cheese, eggs, flour and pepper.
Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat and drop in heaped tablespoons of the mixture, flattening them slightly.
Fry for about 3 minutes on each side until golden and cooked through.
Drain on paper and serve warm with the garlic yogurt.