How to cook potato pancakes: 13 recipes

Belarusian cuisine presented its traditional delicacy of potatoes to many nations. Recipes of pancakes scattered around the world. Because of the simple cooking, even children can handle the dish. A classic recipe is considered to be potato pancakes with onions. After many years, the cooks brought out many variations of pancakes with the addition of various products. Consider some of them in order.

Potato pancakes: classics of the genre

• potatoes - 950 gr.
• chicken egg - 2 pcs.
• onions - 3 pcs.
• garlic - 7 teeth
• sour cream - 30 gr.
• pepper - to taste
• flour - 55 gr.
• rock salt to taste
• sunflower oil - 70 gr.

1. Rinse the potatoes thoroughly, remove the uniform. Proceed to rubbing the root with a large grater. Do the same with bulb onions.
2. If chopped potatoes produce a large amount of juice, the vegetable should be squeezed using gauze cloth. Get rid of excess fluid.
3. Combine eggs, chopped garlic and spices. Bring the mass to uniformity using a whisk. Add sour cream and mix well.
4. Pay attention to the consistency of the product, if the mass is liquid, add the required amount of flour.
5. Place the thick-bottom heat-resistant container on the stove, pour in the oil. Set the fire to medium power, wait for the household appliance to heat up.
6. Glaze small cakes like a pancake. Start frying, it takes 3-5 minutes on each side.

Potato pancakes with mushrooms

• fresh mushrooms - 320 gr.
• potatoes - 1 kg.
• Onion - 1 pc.
• chicken egg - 2 pcs.
• spices - to taste
• wheat flour - 50 gr.
• olive oil - 45 gr.

1. Rinse the mushrooms in a colander under running water.Wait until the liquid has completely drained, finely chop. Peel the onions and chop into small cubes.
2. Pour the oil into the pan, fry the mushrooms, then add the onions. Pass the products until golden. Wash the potatoes, rub on a fine grater.
3. Combine the cooked fry with the root mass. Add flour, egg, spices to taste, mix well. Start cooking. Serve with sour cream.

Pancakes based on mashed potatoes

• egg - 1 pc.
• potatoes - 550 gr.
• flour - 100 gr.
• carrot - 1 pc.
• onion - 1 pc.
• champignons - 120 gr.
• table salt - 13 gr.
• fresh greens - 40 gr.
• hard cheese - 110 gr.
• natural oil - 95 ml.

1. Peel the potatoes, send them to an enamel container, cover with water. Boil the product, make mashed potatoes. Allow the dish to cool.
2. In parallel, grate the carrot, chop the onion and chop the mushrooms. Put the vegetables in the pan, add a little oil and fry. Bring the composition to golden.
3. Add grated cheese to the ready frying, mix well. Mix the egg, flour and salt into the potato mass. Put a clean pan on the stove, add butter, heat it.
4. Put a small amount of puree on heat-resistant containers. Add the mushroom mixture as a filling. The last layer also put the potato mass.
5. From two sides, fry the dish for the required amount of time until a crisp crust is formed.

Potato pancakes with cheese and garlic

• onion - 1 pc.
• potatoes - 600 gr.
• chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
• wheat flour - 75 gr.
• hard cheese - 160 gr.
• rock salt to taste
• vegetable oil - 65 gr.
• garlic - 8 teeth

1. Peel the onions and potatoes, chop the vegetables, and, if necessary, squeeze them through gauze. Get rid of excess juice.
2. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater, add to the vegetables along with the flour and eggs. Finely chop the garlic, combine with the total mass.
3. Knead until homogeneous; add salt if necessary. Pour oil into the pan, heat up the appliance on the hob. Proceed to direct frying.

Ham pancakes

• ham - 120 gr.
• potatoes - 650 gr.
• cheese - 110 gr.
• egg - 1 pc.
• flour - 55 gr.
• fresh greens - 25 gr.
• ground pepper - 7 gr.
• vegetable oil - 100 ml.
• salt - 8 gr.

1. Wash the potatoes, peel the skin.Rub a root crop and cheese on a large grater. Chop the ham into small cubes. If necessary, squeeze the chopped vegetable.
2. Combine chopped greens, potatoes, egg, ham, cheese, spices and flour. Stir the ingredients until smooth. Pour a small amount of vegetable oil into the pan.
3. Heat domestic appliance over medium heat. Rind molds in the form of potato mixtures. Start frying, give each side of the pancake 4 minutes.

Potato pancakes without eggs

• Onion - 1 pc.
• potatoes - 800 gr.
• sunflower oil - 75 gr.
• spices - to taste

1. Peel the vegetables, rinse and rub on a grater. Squeeze out extra juice if necessary.
2. Then add the spices in the potato mixture. Heat pan with butter. Start frying pancakes, bring the products to golden.

Draniki with the addition of zucchini

• zucchini - 450 gr.
• potatoes - 600 gr.
• onion - 1 pc.
• egg - 1 pc.
• flour - 65 gr.
• spices - to taste

1. Peel and grate the potatoes, onions. Add the spices and the egg to the total mass. Mix thoroughly.
2. Now clean the zucchini, rub on a fine grater, if necessary, squeeze out the excess juice.Combine the two masses together, add flour.
3. Stir again until smooth. Heat a thick-bottomed oil pan. Start cooking.

Flourless Potato Pancakes

• chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
• potatoes - 400 gr.
• salt - 10 gr.
• black pepper - to taste
• sunflower oil - 55 gr.

1. Grind the peeled potatoes on a grater. Beat the eggs, add spices.
2. Mix the root crop mixture with the second mass, mix thoroughly. Pour the oil into the hot pan, start cooking pancakes.

Potato pancakes with vegetables

• the flesh of zucchini - 320 gr.
• potatoes - 700 gr.
• chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
• vegetable oil - in fact
• flour - 130 gr.
• pumpkin pulp - 190 pcs.
• carrots - 1 pc.
• dried herbs and salt to taste
• onion - 1 pc.

1. Place the zucchini and pumpkin flesh into the blender bowl, grind until smooth. After that, do the same with the rest of the vegetables.
2. Combine the mixture with each other, then add eggs, flour, salt and herbs to them. Bring the composition to uniformity. Next, proceed to heat treatment in a pan.

Draniki in the oven with cheese

• eggs - 1 pc.
• onion - 1 pc.
• potatoes - 750 gr.
• hard cheese - 230 gr.
• vegetable oil - 80 ml.
• breadcrumbs - in fact
• salt - 8 gr.

1. Rinse and peel the potatoes in the usual way. Crush the root vegetable on the grater, get rid of excess juice. Salt the mass and mix.
2. Remove the peel from onions, chop into small cubes. Send to the potatoes, add the same beaten egg and wheat flour. Mix the ingredients thoroughly.
3. Heat the oven to 200 degrees. Lubricate the baking dish with oil, then sprinkle with a small amount of crackers. The manipulation will help avoid burning pancakes.
4. Put the potato pancakes on a baking sheet, send in the oven. After 8 minutes, remove the dish, turn it over and sprinkle with grated cheese. Then send back to the oven, wait until full preparation.

Pancakes with sausage

• Smoked sausage - 120 gr.
• potatoes - 350 gr.
• garlic - 5 teeth
• eggs - 2 pcs.
• fresh dill - 30 gr.
• olive oil - 65 gr.
• spices - to taste

1. Rinse and remove the coat from the potato. Crush the root vegetable on the grater, squeeze the juice. Finely chop the sausage, beat the eggs, squeeze the garlic with a special device.
2. Combine all the ingredients together in one container, add pepper, salt and chopped dill. Stir the mass thoroughly. Place the potato dough in a hot frying pan with butter. Fry the product on both sides.

Pancakes in a slow cooker with minced meat

• eggs - 2 pcs.
• Onion - 2 pcs.
• minced meat - 550 gr.
• potatoes - 1 kg.
• wheat flour - 50 gr.
• salt, pepper - to taste
• vegetable oil - 45 gr.

1. Prepare the potatoes in the ways described above. Crush the peeled onions, add to the total mass. Pour salt and pepper.
2. Mix in the main composition of beaten eggs and flour. Bring mass to uniformity. Stuffing will serve as a filling. Grease multi bowl with oil, set the mode “Frying”. Start the manipulation.
3. Put a small amount of potato dough on the bottom of the multicooker, then spread the meat product in a thin layer, cover it again with a mixture of vegetables. Fry the product in the usual way from two sides to a golden crust.
4. After cooking the whole portion of the pancakes, put the fully cooked dish in the multi bowl, set the “Heated” mode. Tomite delicacy about half an hour.Serve the meat pancakes with different sauces to your taste.

Draniki with onions

• onion - 3 pcs.
• potatoes - 600 gr.
• eggs - 2 pcs.
• pepper - 9 gr.
• Table salt - 12 gr.
• semolina - 30 gr.
• vegetable oil - 50 ml.

1. Peel the onions and chop the rings, fry it in the pan with oil until golden. Wash the potatoes, remove the uniform, rub on a grater.
2. Mix a lot of root vegetables with semolina, pepper, eggs and salt. Mix thoroughly. Heat the second frying pan, pour in some oil. Start cooking pancakes.
3. Roasted delicacy should be sent to the bottom of a thick-walled pan. Place fried onion on top and pour 50 ml. boiled water. Set the hob on a small fire, stew for about 5 minutes.

Practical advice

1. Onions in the dish is added not only for taste, but also so that the potatoes do not darken. Ingredients need to be mixed together at the same time.
2. If you like to use pancakes with crispy crust, you need to fry them in a hot frying pan (in a multi-bowl, oven) with butter.
3. To get a unique taste of potato pancakes, it is necessary to choose varieties of root crops with a high content of starch.
4. Do not use new potatoes as a basis for pancakes. It contains a small amount of starch.
5. After frying, dry the pancakes with paper towels. Such a move will get rid of excess oil, will reveal the true taste of the dish.
6. If after cooking the potato pancakes turned out to be “rubber”, it is worth adding a little starch or replacing the flour with it altogether.

If you first set about preparing a national Belarusian dish, you should start with simple recipes. Delight your household with a new delicacy. Reveal for yourself the perfect technology and proportions. Having gained experience, do not be afraid to experiment with additives.

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