Crispy Vegetable Balls
HB-10679 · Hand-built original · Asian
Deep-fried balls of grated zucchini, carrot and potato bound with egg and cornstarch, served with a lemon and chive yogurt sauce or a Sichuan pepper seasoning.
Main ingredient: mushrooms
Ingredients
- 2-3 medium-sized zucchini (grated)
- 2 medium-sized carrot (grated)
- 2 medium-sized potato (peeled and grated)
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 cup Corn Starch
- 2 Eggs
- Salt and pepper (to season)
- ¼ cup chives (chopped)
- 3 garlic (minced)
- 1 cup greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 0.5 tablespoon lemon zest
- ½ tablespoon olive oil
- Salt and pepper ( to season)
- ¾ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp White Pepper
- ½ tsp ground Sichuan peppercorn
- 1 tsp Mushroom Powder
- ¼ tsp ground chili
Method
- Grate the zucchini, carrot and potato into a bowl, let them rest for 5 minutes, then squeeze out all the excess water so the balls fry up crisp.
- Stir the garlic powder, cornstarch and eggs into the vegetables with salt and pepper, then roll the mixture into balls of about 2 tablespoons each.
- Heat oil in a deep frying pan over medium heat and fry the balls in batches for 8 to 9 minutes, until golden brown and crisp all over.
- Lift the balls out with a slotted spoon and drain them on a plate lined with paper towels.
- For the dipping sauce, stir the chives, minced garlic, Greek yogurt, lemon juice, lemon zest and olive oil together and season with salt and pepper.
- Stir the finishing seasoning — salt, garlic powder, white pepper, Sichuan peppercorn, mushroom powder and ground chili — together in a small bowl.
- Serve the vegetable balls hot, either with the yogurt sauce for dipping or sprinkled with the salt and pepper seasoning.
Prep: 10 min · Cook: 10 min · Total: 20 min
Nutrition (per serving, where published)
Estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data