Zucchini “Chebureki” with Minced Meat

How many interesting dishes you can cook with zucchini! For example, here is a kind of fake chebureki. This is a recipe for a dish cooked from pancake batter with grated zucchini. Minced boiled beef is inside the zucchini “chebureki”. Such chebureki are nourishing and very tasty.

Ingredients

• Zucchini – 550 g
• Beef – 430 g
• Onions – 150 g
• Fresh dill – 30 g
• Flour – 250 g
• Milk – 350 ml
• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Salt – to taste
• Pepper – to taste
• Vegetable oil – 190 ml

Directions

1. Cut the meat into large chunks, pour a little water in a saucepan, and simmer it slowly for about 1 hour until done.
2. After the meat is cooked, put it on a plate to cool.
3. Dice the onions and put them into a heated frying pan with the vegetable oil. Brown the onions over medium heat for 4-5 minutes stirring constantly.
4. Put the meat and onions through a meat grinder.
5. Add salt and pepper to taste to the mass. Mix everything.

   

6. Grate the zucchini on a medium grater. Add the eggs, milk, flour, salt, pepper, and 70 ml of vegetable oil to the zucchini. Mix all together well. The batter should be a little thicker than for pancakes.

   

7. Heat a frying pan and pour in a couple of tablespoons of oil. When the oil is hot, pour a portion of the batter into the pan to completely cover the bottom.
8. Put 2-3 tablespoons of the filling on half of the pancake.

   

9. Once the pancake has slightly got brown after 1 to 2 minutes, use a spatula to cover the filling with the free part of the pancake. Press the edges to make them stick together.
10. Brown the zucchini chebureki with meat for 2-3 minutes on each side. Do the same with all the batter and filling. While frying, add more vegetable oil if needed.

    

11. Place the cooked zucchini “chebureki” on a napkin to remove the excess oil.

Enjoy your meal!