How to cook potato pancakes

One of the most delicious dishes that glorified Belarusian cuisine is potato pancakes. The recipe, thanks to its originality, scattered around the world, and even children can cope with its simple preparation. Of course, the potato dish has undergone many innovations, and today culinary experts surprise with products with meat, cheese, mushrooms, lean vegetarian options. In addition, the classic dish can be complemented with interesting sauces.

Preparation for cooking

The technology and product mix are simple and accessible to everyone. You will need potatoes (about 1 kg), onions (1 medium head), flour (several tablespoons), eggs (2-3 pcs.), Vegetable oil for frying. From the kitchen utensils at hand should be a grater or food processor for grinding ingredients and a frying pan.

Culinary experts advise choosing starchy varieties, which positively affects the taste of potato pancakes. If this is not possible, you can add starch as another product. Young potato tubers will not work, as there is very little starch in them.

Make potato pancakes unique at home, spices will help, the dish will have an original taste every time.

It is prepared as follows: a few tablespoons of flour, eggs, chopped onions, salt, spices are added to chopped raw potatoes. Everything is thoroughly mixed to obtain a homogeneous mass, then fry according to the principle of fritters, spreading with a spoon and forming in a frying pan. Fry on both sides until golden in refined oil.

The classic recipe for potato pancakes

The classic recipe provides a dough with a minimum amount of liquid, that is, after chopping the potatoes, squeeze the juice and drain it.

• Peel potato tubers, grate on a fine grater, and drain the resulting juice.
• Add flour and eggs, mix until smooth.
• Preheat the pan, pour in vegetable oil. Take a tablespoon of potato mass, put in a pan, form pancakes of a round or oblong shape.
• Fry for 5 minutes on each side.
• Lay a paper towel, lay potato pancakes on top. So they will give away excess moisture and fat to a napkin, resulting in a crispy and mouth-watering.

A great addition will be sour cream and garlic sauce with herbs. Nobody limits you here, it all depends on the taste.

Lenten potato pancakes

A potato treat will be an appropriate addition to lean table. To make potato pancakes airy, add a pinch of soda to the dough.

• Potato - 8 pcs.
• Salt and black pepper to taste.
• Baking soda - a pinch.
• Wheat flour - 5 tbsp. l
• Sunflower oil - 4 tbsp. l in the dough and for frying.

1. Grate the potatoes. Perhaps you will like more textured pancakes, for which choose large holes on the grater. Drain the resulting juice.
2. Pour flour and baking soda into the mixture (no need to extinguish), pour in sunflower oil. Mix until smooth.
3. In a hot oil in a pan, put a tablespoon with a slide of potato dough, fry on each side for 5 minutes until a golden crust is obtained.
4. Put the finished pancakes on a paper towel to get rid of excess oil.

In garlic sauce

You can cook pancakes with unusual garlic sauce. This option is quite original and will appeal to the whole family.

• 1 kg of potatoes;
• 3 tbsp. l flour;
• 1 cup sunflower oil;
• salt to taste;
• 1 can of white canned beans;
• 1 clove of garlic.

1. Potatoes are rubbed on a fine grater, excess juice is removed.
2. Salt and flour are added to the potato mass, everything is thoroughly mixed.
3. In a heated frying pan, potato pancakes are fried for 5 minutes on each side.
4. In a blender, beans are crushed to a creamy state with the addition of several tablespoons of sunflower oil, salt (to taste), garlic.
5. The finished dish is seasoned with sauce and served on the table.

Easy recipe for egg-free pancakes

The recipe will appeal to vegans, allergy sufferers, and those who fast or want to reduce calories.

• Potato - 8 pcs.
• Carrots - 1 pc.
• Onion - 1 pc.
• Flour - 3 tbsp. l
• Spice.
• Vegetable oil.

1. The potatoes are ground on a grater, salt is added, 10 minutes are left to separate the juice.
2. The liquid is removed, chopped carrots, onions, and favorite spices are added.
3. Cakes are fried in a pan. If desired, you can add sauces.

Interesting and original pancakes recipes

Every housewife wants to surprise loved ones and pamper delicious, so the following recipes are suitable for these purposes.

With cheese and onions

Draniki with cheese is an excellent option for those who want to make the familiar dish more tender, melting.

You can add any kind of hard cheese to the traditional design. For a standard recipe of 8 potatoes, take 100 grams of product. Do not forget about the bow.

With minced meat

Another option to please yourself and loved ones. They resemble familiar whites. For cooking, you need minced meat, and the remaining components remain the same, only the frying technology is different.

• Minced meat - 300 g.
• Five potatoes.
• 1-2 chicken eggs.
• Flour - 3 tbsp. l
• 1 medium onion.
• Salt and spices to taste.

1. Cooking potato dough according to the classic recipe.
2. We form potato pancakes. First, spread a thin pancake.
3. Then we make a thin layer of minced meat on it.
4. Cover the meat filling with a potato layer on top.
5. As a result, the stuffing is obtained between the dough.
6. Fry over moderate heat under a lid for at least 7 minutes on each side.

Stuffing for potato pancakes is not different from that which you use for cooking meatballs or meatball. In this recipe, sour cream or a sauce based on it is appropriate.

With mushrooms

Potato pancakes with mushrooms are another interesting recipe with a unique taste and a seductive aroma. You can use pre-fried in a pan with onions White mushrooms, chanterelles, Champignon, breasts. 300 g of crushed mushrooms are added to the usual recipe, thoroughly mixed and fried for about 5 minutes until golden brown.

With zucchini

Squash and potato products will surprise you with a delicate and fresh taste.

• 6 potatoes;
• 1 medium squash;
• 1 onion;
• 2 eggs;
• 3 tablespoons of flour;
• favorite spices.

1. Chop vegetables, squeeze out excess juice.
2. Add the remaining components, form a homogeneous mass.
3. Draniki is fried in vegetable oil for 5-7 minutes on each side until a golden crust is formed.
4. The dish is served hot, seasoned with sauces or sour cream with herbs.

Calorie content

Nutritionists do not recommend the abuse of potato pancakes because of their nutritional value. 100 grams contains 268 kcal. And the calorie content of one is on average from 53 to 70 kcal.

If you add a spoonful of even low-fat sour cream, add another 40 kcal. At the same time, nutritional value is based on carbohydrates.

If you cook according to the traditional Belarusian recipe - without flour and eggs, calorie content decreases to 150-190 kcal. The dish with the addition of minced meat has an energy value of 280 kcal, but it all depends on the type of meat.

If you follow a diet, potato pancakes are best consumed in limited quantities in the morning.

Useful Tips

Simple tips will help make potato pancakes the pinnacle of culinary art.

• Onions improve the taste and prevent the potatoes from getting dark.
• After frying, lay the pancakes on a paper towel so that the excess oil is gone and the taste becomes brighter.
• Do not put flour more than stated in the recipe, so that they do not become "rubber".
• It is better to grate potatoes, although some use a combine or a meat grinder.
• A crisp and crispy crust will work if the pan is sufficiently warmed up.

Potato pancakes will be to your taste on the everyday table and on the New Year's menu. If you cook this dish, taking into account useful recommendations, success is guaranteed. With the addition of mushrooms, minced meat, cheese, the treat will go beyond the usual and surprise with originality. Be sure to serve them with sauces: sour cream with herbs or mushrooms, mayonnaise, mustard, garlic ... There are hundreds of variations on this subject - you can safely experiment.