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Published 6 days ago • 1 min read

Crispy Air Fryer Zucchini (no breadcrumbs!!)

Hi friend!

Summer cooking should be easy. And delicious. And maybe a little bit spicy.

Here's the thing about summer vegetables: they're at peak season, which means they're cheap and gorgeous. But here's the other thing about summer vegetables: nobody wants a hot stove in June.

Enter: the air fryer. My new best friend. Yours too, about to be.

THE ZUCCHINI SITUATION

We've all heard that zucchini is "boring" statement before.

I can't even argue. We've all been there—a sad, mushy zucchini side sitting on the plate while everyone ignores it. It's the vegetable equivalent of showing up to a party nobody remembers you attended.

So I did what I always do: I added my favorite magic ingredient - chaat masala to it.

The best part? It took 15 minutes of hands-on time. Slice and sweat (do not skip this) the zucchini, season, air fry and finish with chaat masala. No sweating over a hot stove. No oil splatter. Just crispy, spiced perfection.

Craving more? Here are some other zucchini recipes:

You can find all my recipes right here on the blog — new ones added all the time! Thank you so much for being here. Now go have a FABulous day and I will see you in the next one!

Love

Vaishali!

P.S. — Still haven't signed up for my gluten-free thali cooking class series? Summer is the perfect time to learn. Light meals. Healthy ingredients. All naturally GF. Enroll here: Vegetarian thali and Non-veg thali​

P.P.S. — If you love chaat masala as much as I do now, let me know. I might create a whole "chaat masala everything" series because honestly... it's a gateway spice. 🌶️✨

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