.: evil jungle prince :.

Thanks heaps to Sithi for sending me a recipe for Turkish zucchini fritters (mucver) -- this was fortuitous when considering I had about seven zucchinis twiddling their thumbs in my refrigerator. Perfect. Note however I have modified the recipe a little bit to suit my own tastes, so this recipe has no claims on authenticity. For one thing, I decided to eat mine in a pita!

1. First I started out by roughly grating 3 small zucchinis. To this I added a large handful of chopped parsley and a large handful of chopped dill. After mixing, I set this aside.

2. Next I began preparing my batter by mixing five heaping tablespoons of flour, 1 egg white, 1 tsp salt, a few dashes of pepper, and enough water to create a pancake-consistency batter. I then added the grated zucchini and fresh herbs, folding in slowly.

3. In the final step, I heated olive oil on a low flame and began frying the first of the three zucchini patties. After dropping in the first 1/3 of the batter, I used the spatula to: flatten the pancake (so it would cook all the through), tuck in the sides to make a more perfect circle, and to release the fritter from the bottom of the pan. (Without doing this step, the fritter will stick solid to the pan. This is tricky but can be accomplished by gently putting the spatula under the underside of the fritter, one small portion at a time in jerky movements. Once you get all the way around the patty, it will be completely released and now one must only shake the pan on a regular basis to make sure it does not stick again.)

Once the fritters were fried thoroughly, I set them aside and prepared a yogurt sauce by mixing Greek yogurt, a little salt, a little lemon juice, a chopped clove of garlic, and dried mint. I then placed my fritters into pita bread and garnished them with the yogurt sauce, fresh tomato, mint leaves, and chopped onion. So very tasty. Thanks, Sithi!