Hello, dear friends! Want to make a great breakfast quickly and easily? Then prepare some delicious potato pancakes.
They take no longer to cook than regular pancakes or pancakes. But, at the same time, they are very filling and you can fill up well with them. I like to serve these flatbreads with sour cream, and my husband likes them with mayonnaise. You can even use ketchup.
Most often, potato pancakes are made from raw potatoes, but they can also be made from potatoes boiled in their jackets. I have made a selection of my favorite recipes for you and I highly recommend trying them all.
There are several more options that I described in another article dedicated to this dish, you can see them. In general, you can make many very tasty dishes from potatoes, for example, bake them. Yes, I can’t even imagine what we could do without this tuber, which has become so tightly integrated into our lives. Well, let's look at our recipes.
This is the most popular method among our housewives. Perhaps with slight deviations, but the general principle is the same. Some don't add lemon juice, it's purely up to your preference. But I decided to include it in the composition of the products.
Ingredients:
- Potatoes – 600 gr
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Garlic - 2-3 cloves
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Flour - 1 tablespoon
- Lemon juice - 1/2 teaspoon
- Salt and ground pepper - to taste
- Vegetable oil for frying
Preparation:
1. Peeled raw potatoes should be grated on a coarse grater. Onions can also be chopped on a grater or in a blender. Place them in one dish and squeeze a little lemon juice into it.
To prevent the potatoes from darkening, mix the onions with them immediately. Lemon juice performs the same function.
2. Transfer the mixture to a colander, press lightly with a spoon and leave for 10 minutes to allow excess liquid to drain out.
3. Now put it back into the dish, add salt, egg, flour and ground black pepper. Squeeze the garlic through a press and mix everything thoroughly. Now the mixture for frying potato pancakes is ready.
4. Heat a frying pan and add vegetable oil. Spoon the flatbread onto it, reduce the heat slightly and fry for about 3 minutes, until golden brown. Then turn over, cover with a lid and fry for the same amount.
5. Place the finished pancakes on a plate with a paper towel to drain off excess fat. Do the same with the remaining potatoes. They should be golden in color and very appetizing. Then serve with sour cream or sour cream sauce.
How to cook pancakes from zucchini and potatoes simply and tasty
You can make combined pancakes. This recipe uses zucchini. Be sure to try it. You will have a very tasty and satisfying breakfast.
Ingredients:
- Zucchini - 300 gr
- Potatoes - 300 gr
- Flour - 4.5 tablespoons
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Vegetable oil - 75 ml
- Salt, ground black pepper - to taste
Preparation:
1. Peel the potatoes and grate them on a medium or coarse grater. Peel the zucchini and remove the seeds. If it is young, then simply wash it and then grate it on a medium grater. Place them in one dish, add an egg.
2. Then add salt, ground pepper and flour. Mix everything until smooth. If the mixture is too runny, add a little more flour.
3. Place the frying pan on the fire and pour in the vegetable oil. Place as many flatbreads as you can on a heated frying pan and fry on both sides until golden brown. As soon as you see that the edges are golden, turn it over immediately.
4. Place the finished pancakes on a paper towel to absorb excess oil. Then serve with sour cream. Just finger-licking delicious!
Recipe for potato pancakes in Belarusian without eggs and flour
Of course, no one knows how to properly prepare their national dish better than its creators. Therefore, I offer you a real Belarusian version - simple and without any frills.
Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 0.6-1 kg
- Salt - to taste
- Starch (if needed) - 1 tbsp
- Refined vegetable oil - for frying
Preparation:
1. Peel the potatoes and grate them on a coarse grater. Add salt to your taste. If you think that it is not viscous enough, add starch.
2. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and heat it. Using a spoon, spread the potato mixture in the form of cakes throughout the frying pan and fry them on both sides until golden brown.
3. Then remove from the pan and place on a plate. Fry the rest of the mixture in the same way. Serve these golden beauties straight from the heat to the table. Be sure to put on your favorite sauce and invite the family to eat.
Potato pancakes with minced meat in a frying pan
To make the pancakes even more satisfying, you can add meat. For example, grate sausages or sausages into potatoes. Or add minced meat, as in this recipe.
Ingredients:
- Potatoes – 400 gr
- Minced meat - 200 gr
- Onion - 0.5 pcs.
- Starch - 1 tablespoon
- Salt - to taste
- Curry spices - a pinch
Preparation:
1. Peel the potatoes and grate them on a coarse grater. Transfer it to a colander and press it down a little with a spoon to drain off excess liquid.
2. Then transfer to a dish. Add finely chopped onion to it and stir. Next, add minced meat, starch, salt and curry spices. Mix everything again.
3. Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil. Form flat cakes and place in a frying pan. Fry them on each side until golden brown.
4. Place the affected potato pancakes on a paper napkin or towel. The paper will absorb excess fat. Serve hot pancakes for breakfast to your loved ones.
Video on how to cook potato pancakes with meat in the oven
I found a great video recipe for cooking it in the oven. Lazy hash browns are just a great idea. I tried it and treated it to my family. They were delighted. It turned out to be very filling and so tasty that you could swallow your tongue.
Ingredients:
- Potatoes – 700 gr
- Minced meat - 500 gr
- Onion - 2 pcs.
- Cheese - 50 gr
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Cream - 100 ml
- Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
- Flour - 3 tablespoons
By the way, such lazy pancakes can be cooked in a frying pan. Knead in the same way and place in a frying pan, fry on one side for several minutes. Then turn over and fry on the other side. Then turn on a small fire, close the lid and leave for a while.
How to make delicious pancakes from boiled potatoes with cheese
Deruny, this is another name for our dish, can also be made from boiled potatoes. And it will also be very tasty and nutritious. Try this option for breakfast.
Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 500 gr
- Cheese - 100 gr
- Dill - 2 tablespoons
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Salt, ground pepper - to taste
- Flour - 3 tablespoons
- Vegetable oil - for frying
Preparation:
1. Boil the potatoes in their skins and cool them. You can do this the night before. Then peel it and grate it on a coarse grater. Grate the cheese on a medium or fine grater. Finely chop the dill. Place everything in one deep bowl.
2. Mix all this into one mass and divide into three parts. Make a bun from each part. Roll each bun in flour and shape into a flat cake.
3. Now heat a frying pan with vegetable oil and carefully place the formed cake there. Fry over medium heat for 2.5 minutes. During this time, one side will be well fried. Then turn over, close the lid and fry for another 2.5 minutes.
4. Place the finished potato pancake on a paper towel and fry the remaining tortillas. Then serve for breakfast with your favorite sauce or sour cream.
In fact, you can make the tortillas any size you want. It doesn't have to be big, I just like it that way.
Well, we've come to the end. Of course, here you can also use your imagination and add something of your own to the recipes. For example, finely chopped bell or hot peppers, or chopped favorite greens, ham. So I wish you good luck in the kitchen.
Potato pancakes are called draniki. This dish is considered Belarusian, but it is loved and prepared in many countries. Depending on the country in which the dish is prepared, potato pancakes have a different name and composition. Plyatski, potato pancakes, tertiukhi, kakorki - all these are names of the same dish.
Pay attention to several recipes that can diversify your idea of potato pancakes.
This is the main recipe that housewives prepare in a hurry. Basically, our grandmothers and mothers prepared these pancakes for us.
Products:
- 5 potatoes;
- 2 chicken eggs;
- 1 onion;
- 3 large spoons of flour;
- frying oil;
- spices.
How to cook potato pancakes:
- The hardest part of making potato pancakes is grating the potatoes. Peel the potatoes and grate them on a fine grater.
- Add egg, chopped onion, flour and salt to potatoes.
- Mix everything well. That's it, the “dough” for frying is ready.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and start spooning out the pancakes. Press them down on top with a spatula.
- Fry for 4 minutes on each side and serve immediately.
Eat with sour cream.
With added mushrooms
Potato pancakes with mushrooms are a favorite dish of residents of Western Ukraine. They put mushrooms in almost all of their dishes, and potato pancakes are no exception.
What is needed:
- potatoes – 700 g;
- mushrooms (champignons, porcini, chanterelles – to choose from) – 300 g;
- onion 1 large head;
- flour up to 2 tablespoons (as much as you need);
- egg;
- spices.
Cooking:
- First we'll start cooking the mushrooms. Finely chop the onion, then the mushrooms and place them in a heated frying pan with oil. Salt and fry until the water evaporates.
- Now let's prepare the potatoes. We clean it and grate it on a medium grater.
- Beat in the egg, add salt, add spices and mix everything.
- Add the fried mushrooms and flour and mix again.
- Now let's start frying. Place potato pancakes on a hot frying pan with a spoon and press down on top so that they are flat.
- We wait until they acquire a golden color and remove them. Serve warm with the addition of sour cream.
Potato pancakes with minced meat
This dish turns out to be more satisfying and, of course, high in calories. This version of potato pancakes tastes like belyash. Another name for this dish is sorcerers.
Products:
- 300 g minced meat;
- 8 potatoes;
- 1 onion;
- eggs – 2 pieces;
- flour 2 tablespoons;
- spices and oil for frying.
Preparation:
- Peel the potatoes and grate on the fine side of a grater. If you have a food processor, use the hash brown attachment.
- Add eggs, flour, salt and mix to the potatoes.
- Salt the minced meat and add chopped onion to it. Stir until everything is evenly distributed.
- In the meantime, we should warm up a frying pan with oil.
- Now the most interesting part: put 1.5 tbsp on the frying pan. composition, top with a small cake of minced meat, cover with a layer of potatoes.
- Fry until golden brown, and when we turn over, leave on moderate heat under the lid for 5-6 minutes.
- Place the finished pancakes on a paper towel to remove excess fat.
- Serve warm.
Recipe without eggs
Who will benefit from this recipe? Perhaps for those who fast. Vegetarians will also be happy to use the recipe for potato pancakes without eggs.
Ingredients:
- 8 large potatoes;
- optional carrots;
- flour 3 tablespoons;
- spices;
- frying oil.
How to cook?
- Prepare vegetables: rinse, peel.
- Grind the potatoes on a fine grater, add salt and let stand for 10 minutes until the juice comes out.
- Grate the carrots and add to the potatoes.
- Add flour, favorite spices and mix everything well.
- Now we must heat the frying pan with oil well. If the oil sizzles, you can cook.
- Fry pancakes on both sides until golden brown.
- Repeat until you run out of mixture.
- Make sure that they are not high, otherwise there is a risk that the potato pancakes will not cook through.
- Serve during Lent with Lenten mayonnaise. With garlic if desired.
With cheese in the oven
Draniki in the oven turn out less fatty, which means that they are healthier and can be eaten by people who suffer from stomach diseases. And the fact that these potato pancakes are prepared with cheese gives them a special piquancy.
Ingredients:
- 7 potatoes;
- hard cheese about 120 g;
- 2 eggs;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- melted butter – 30 g;
- oregano teaspoon;
- spices.
Cooking:
- Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
- Then chop the garlic.
- Grate the potatoes on a coarse grater and fill them with cold water. Let it sit for a while, then squeeze it out and transfer it to a container.
- Mix cheese, potatoes, eggs, butter, garlic and all spices well.
- Lightly grease the parchment with oil and lay out a thin layer of potato pancakes.
- Bake at 200C for about 20 minutes. Bon appetit!
Lenten pancakes
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of potatoes;
- 2 onions;
- flour 2 tablespoons;
- spices;
- oil for frying.
Cooking:
- Peel the potatoes and grate them. Squeeze out the juice.
- If possible, also grate the onion and add to the potatoes. Add the flour and all the spices there and mix.
- Place potato pancakes in portions on a hot frying pan and press them on top so that they are flat.
- Fry for 3 minutes on each side until golden brown.
- Then hold them on a paper towel to remove the fat.
From potatoes and zucchini
Draniki made from zucchini and potatoes are a dish of June-July. In summer, when vegetables are young, they can be used in any dish. But the potatoes must be old.
What is necessary?
- half a kilo of zucchini;
- half a kilo of potatoes;
- one onion;
- one egg;
- flour about 2 tablespoons;
- spices and oil.
Let's start cooking:
- Wash the vegetables, peel and remove the seeds.
- Using a coarse grater, first grate the potatoes, then the zucchini and onion. If you get a lot of juice, you should squeeze it out.
- Add the remaining ingredients to this mixture: egg, flour, spices.
- Fry in a hot frying pan for 3 minutes on each side.
- Stir the mixture in the bowl constantly before each frying portion.
- Serve with sour cream or mayonnaise.
With green onions
Green onions add a summer flavor to classic hash browns. They will be beautiful and juicy.
Products for potato pancakes:
- 8 potatoes;
- a tablespoon of flour;
- one egg;
- a bunch of green onions;
- spices and oil.
Cooking:
- Three potatoes on a grater, which you consider necessary. Many people like it on small cells.
- Add egg, flour and salt to the “dough”. Mix well and add chopped green onions.
- If a lot of liquid comes out, drain it.
- Now you can fry. Heat a frying pan with oil and place pancakes on it in portions.
- Fry until golden brown, 3-4 minutes on each side.
Serve warm.
Diet potato pancakes without flour
There are many reasons to eat dietary pancakes. Perhaps someone carefully monitors their figure and does not want to eat extra pounds. For others, dietary nutrition is indicated for health reasons. In any case, this recipe will be useful to absolutely everyone.
Products for preparing dietary pancakes:
- half a kilo of potatoes;
- sour cream 2 large spoons;
- oil 50 ml;
- egg;
- spices.
Cooking:
- Peel the potatoes, wash them and grate them. There is no need to squeeze the juice.
- Add egg and sour cream to potatoes.
- Salt, pepper and mix thoroughly.
- Now place pancakes in portions on a hot frying pan and press down on top so that they are flat.
- Fry for 2 minutes on each side until golden brown.
- Repeat the process until the entire portion of potato dough is gone.
And in the end, we present a few secrets for preparing perfect pancakes:
- Potatoes for pancakes must be old. Young ones are overly starchy, which prevents the products from keeping their shape.
- You don't have to grate the potatoes by hand. Progress is moving forward and now this work can be done by blenders, food processors, and meat grinders.
- Don't add too much flour. This can turn them into rubbery pancakes.
- In addition to the classic salt and pepper, dilute the potato pancakes with various seasonings. Garlic is perfect.
- You only need to fry in a hot frying pan. If the dishes are just warm, then your pancakes will look like steamed potato cutlets. There should also be enough oil. Many people prefer to fry in lard or ghee and sunflower oil at the same time.
The recipe for potato pancakes has long been borrowed by our chefs from traditional Belarusian cuisine. By the way, in Belarus this dish is served in almost every cafe and restaurant, due to its national origin, as well as its low cost. After all, traditionally Belarusian pancakes are prepared exclusively from potatoes and onions. The imagination of chefs has changed traditional cuisine beyond recognition and now there is a huge variety of recipes for preparing this dish. Improvisation is great! Let's turn your kitchen into a corner of culinary creativity and try to create some delicious recipes for soft, aromatic, hot pancakes. And we will be happy to tell you a few secrets about how to make potato pancakes, not simple ones, but varied ones, for every taste, even the most spoiled.
Classic potato pancakes
This is the most famous recipe that is prepared in the kitchen of any self-respecting housewife. To prepare 3 servings we will need:
- Potatoes – 5-6 pcs.
- Onion – 1 pc.
- Egg – 1 pc.
- Flour – 2-3 spoons.
- Salt, pepper - to taste.
- Vegetable oil.
- Fresh sour cream.
- Pancake frying pan or regular one with thick walls.
Preparing the dough:
We grate raw potatoes, peeled and washed, on a fine grater (some housewives advise grinding potatoes in a meat grinder or blender or in a host of other ways. All the tips are good, you can choose exactly the method that is acceptable to you. The main thing is that the chopped potatoes are presented form a homogeneous mass). To prevent the potatoes from darkening, three quickly, mixing with onions, also grated in a blender. Beat in the egg, add flour, salt, pepper, mix thoroughly (there are recipes where a spoonful of sour cream is also added to the potato pancake dough, again, experiment). If the potatoes turn out to be too watery and release a lot of juice, it is better to take it out with a spoon, otherwise frying will be inconvenient. Although if you cook with the addition of flour, the juice should not stand out much.
Fry:
Fry the potato pancakes over medium heat on both sides until golden brown, then you can reduce the heat and keep the dish covered, the potato pancakes will turn out soft and juicy. If you want them to be fattier and crispier, do not cover with a lid and add a little more oil, the main thing is not to overdo it. Size also matters; if you make them a little larger, you will have the opportunity to experiment with fillings. Three servings take about 15 minutes to fry, so your family won't have long to salivate over the amazing aroma wafting from the kitchen.
Serve:
Draniki are served hot, fresh from the frying pan, with fresh sour cream. Delicious - you'll lick your fingers!
Traditional potato pancakes without eggs
Traditionally, Belarusian pancakes are prepared from potatoes and onions, without any additives in the form of eggs or flour. Therefore, this recipe can be prepared in any conditions, the main thing is that there are potatoes in the kitchen. We will need:
- Potatoes – 1 kg. (5-6 large potatoes).
- Onion – 1 large onion.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
Preparing the dough:
Peel raw potatoes, rinse and grate on a fine grater. It is advisable to do everything quickly, do not let the potatoes darken, otherwise the color of your potato pancakes will not be appetizing. Grind the onion in a blender (just don’t grate it, you’ll get a lot of tears and a huge amount of onion juice), add it to the potatoes. There's also salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly. Remove excess juice with a spoon.
Fry:
Place the dough on a pre-heated frying pan, forming pancakes. Fry on both sides over medium heat, then you can keep them for another three minutes on low heat under the lid so that the pancakes are baked inside and soft.
Serve:
Drizzle with sour cream and eat. Simple, but so delicious! The dish prepared according to this recipe is quite lean, so if you adhere to religious traditions, nothing can stop you from tasting delicious, hot pancakes even during Lent. Of course, provided that you have to abstain from sour cream. By the way, to get rid of excess oil, it is better to place the finished potato pancakes on a paper towel.
Potato pancakes with cheese
To prepare potato pancakes according to this original recipe we will need:
- Potatoes – 5-6 pcs. (large).
- Onion – 1 pc. (average).
- Egg – 1 pc.
- Flour – 2-3 spoons.
- Salt and pepper - to taste.
- Sour cream.
- Vegetable oil.
- Pan.
Preparing the dough:
We peel the potatoes, wash them, grate them on a fine grater (grind them with a blender, food processor, meat grinder - whatever is more convenient for you), also grind them and add cheese and onions to the dough. Add the egg, flour, pepper and salt there and mix thoroughly.
Fry:
Place potato pancakes on a hot frying pan and fry on each side until an appetizing golden crust. You can fry covered, then the potato pancakes will be soft, fluffy, but not crispy. As for the cheese: as an option, you can not put the cheese directly into the dough, but sprinkle grated cheese on the already fried, almost ready pancakes and hold under the lid so that the cheese melts.
Serve:
Draniki should only be eaten hot. As soon as you remove them from the frying pan, serve them immediately, topped with sour cream. Or don’t water it, but serve the sour cream separately. You can also use any other sauce suitable for potato dishes.
Potato pancakes with mushrooms
You will probably agree that there is no other ingredient that harmonizes as perfectly with potatoes as mushrooms fried with onions. Whether boiled or fried potatoes, such a side dish will always be a perfect match. To prepare mushroom pancakes we will need:
- Potatoes – 1 kg (5-6 large potatoes).
- Mushrooms – 300-350 g.
- Onion – 1 pc.
- Flour – 2-3 spoons.
- Egg – 1 pc.
- Spices - to taste.
Preparing the dough:
First, wash and clean the mushrooms. Cut the mushrooms into pieces. Peel the onion, chop it and fry it in a heated frying pan. Add the mushrooms to the frying pan and cook until the water is completely released. Remove the filling and let it cool. In the meantime, we'll take care of the potatoes. Peel and grate the potatoes on a fine grater (or chop in another convenient way for you until a homogeneous mass is formed), beat in 1 egg, salt and pepper to taste, add mushrooms here, then flour and mix thoroughly.
Fry:
Pour 2-3 tablespoons of oil into a hot frying pan, heat it up and lay out the dough, forming small pancakes. Fry pancakes over medium heat on both sides until fully cooked. If the dough turns out too loose or juicy and will spread in the pan, you can add 1 more egg and a little flour to make the mass more dense.
Serve:
As an option, you can not mix mushrooms into the dough, but prepare classic pancakes of a larger size, wrap the mushroom filling in them, and heat them a little in a frying pan. In any case, we put them on the table hot, fresh, pouring plenty of sour cream on them or serving them separately.
Pumpkin pancakes with potatoes
An original combination of vegetables such as pumpkin and potatoes can easily be turned into another masterpiece of culinary art - pumpkin and potato pancakes. To prepare pumpkin-potato pancakes we will need:
- Pumpkin – 0.5 kg.
- Potatoes – 5-6 medium potatoes.
- Milk – 0.5 cups.
- Egg – 2 pcs.
- Flour – 3-4 spoons.
- Salt, pepper - to taste.
- Sour cream.
- Vegetable oil.
Preparing the dough:
Peel the pumpkin and potatoes, rinse and grate on a fine grater. Bring the milk to a boil, pour it over the potatoes and let it brew for about 5 minutes, then drain the milk. Mix pumpkin with potatoes, add yolks, flour, spices previously separated from whites and mix thoroughly. Beat the whites into a strong foam and carefully fold into the dough.
Fry:
First, heat the frying pan well, then pour 2-3 tablespoons of vegetable oil into it and let it warm up. Lay out the dough, form the pancakes and fry them over medium heat, first on both sides until golden brown, and then keep them covered over low heat for another 5 minutes so that the pancakes are well baked inside.
Serve:
We remove our pumpkin splendor from the stove and immediately serve it to the table, pouring plenty of fresh sour cream on it. Mmmm, delicious! Enjoy your meal.
European countries first became acquainted with potato pancakes in the 30s of the 19th century, when their recipe was published in the book of the famous Polish culinary specialist J. Shytler.
Since then, this dish has gained a huge number of fans. And in Belarus it is considered national.
We keep traditions
Real potato pancakes are distinguished by their special taste, which is ensured by the properties of Belarusian potatoes.
Did you know that these varieties of bulba (or potatoes) contain a large amount of starch and this is what makes traditional Belarusian dishes so tasty?
Interesting: in cases where the dough turns out to be somewhat liquid, some cooks add starch instead of flour.
Let's look at how to prepare potato pancakes step by step::
We prepare our potatoes: wash, peel, chop with a grater along with the onion;
Sometimes it happens that potatoes produce a lot of juice. In this case, it should be squeezed out and drained;
Beat the eggs with a fork or whisk, after which we add very finely chopped, or preferably pressed, garlic, as well as pepper and salt;
Combine everything together, mix and add sour cream or milk;
We look at the resulting dough: if its consistency is thick enough, then it is better not to add flour;
If the dough is a little liquid, add flour;
Prepare the frying pan for frying: pour a little oil and rest for a couple of minutes until the frying pan heats up;
Let's proceed directly to frying.
This dish is served hot with sour cream or other sauces.
Potato pancakes without eggs: basic recipe
No less famous is the recipe for making potato pancakes without using flour or eggs.
In this case, if the dough turns out to be watery, drain the juice and let it stand for a while. While the juice sits, starch sinks to the bottom, which then returns back to the dough.
To create this dish you need to prepare:
- A dozen potato tubers;
- Onion;
- Vegetable oil;
- Salt and pepper.
To prepare such potato pancakes without eggs, first of all, peel and wash the onions and potatoes, grate the vegetables on a fine grater. 
Interesting: onions are added not only for their taste, but also so that the potatoes do not lose their color.
Next, add salt and pepper to taste into the dough, prepare a frying pan and oil for frying. Fry on each side for a couple of minutes until a golden crust forms. Serve hot with sour cream or other sauces.
An alternative to a frying pan: cooking potato pancakes with cheese in the oven
But potato pancakes can not only be fried on the stove, but also baked in the oven. This recipe will be especially useful for those who are not recommended to eat fried foods, but want potato pancakes.
We use as ingredients:
- Potatoes - 8 pcs.;
- Flour - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- Chicken eggs - 1 pc.;
- Onion - 1 pc.;
- Cheese (preferably use hard varieties) - 250 g;
- Salt - to taste.
For baking you will also need vegetable oil and breadcrumbs.
Now let’s look at how delicious it is to cook potato pancakes with cheese. The first step is preparing the dough. Potatoes must be thoroughly washed, peeled and chopped. The resulting juice must be squeezed out, then add salt. 
Peel the onion and cut into small cubes, add to the potatoes. Beat the egg a little with a fork or whisk and add to the previous ingredients.
Last on the list, add flour and mix everything thoroughly. Prepare the topping: grate the cheese (or use a coarse one).
Second stage: baking. Grease the baking sheet a little with vegetable oil and sprinkle with a little breadcrumbs. This will ensure that we can easily turn the pancakes over.
Spread the dough with a spoon and place the baking sheet in the oven for 7-10 minutes at 200 degrees. After the allotted time, turn it over, sprinkle the potato pancakes with cheese and leave for another 5-7 minutes.
Place the finished potato pancakes on dishes. Serve with sauce or sour cream.
Using the latest technology: potato pancakes with minced meat in a slow cooker
Increasingly, housewives are using not classic frying pans and pots for cooking, but more innovative appliances: pressure cookers, multicookers, and so on. Moreover, you can “cook” almost any dish in them, including potato pancakes with meat.
Stocking up:
- Potatoes - 1 kg;
- Minced meat - 0.5 kg;
- Onion - 2 pcs.;
- Eggs - 2 pcs.;
- Flour - two spoons;
- Spices (salt, pepper) - to taste.
To fry potato pancakes with minced meat, you will need a small amount of oil.
We start according to the traditional scheme: wash the potatoes thoroughly and chop them. Add finely chopped onion (if you are afraid of tears, you can chop it with a blender) and salt. After this, add one by one: eggs beaten with a fork or whisk and flour.
We also take out our minced meat, pepper and salt it. If you want it to be a little softer and more tender, you can add a spoonful of sour cream or cream.
We prepare the multicooker: select the “Multicook” program and set the temperature to 160º.
Grease the bowl with a small amount of oil or fat. First, lay out a small pancake from the potato mixture, then carefully distribute a small amount of minced meat over it. The third layer is dough.
Important: the minced meat should be distributed over almost the entire surface of the potato pancake, and not lie in the center in the form of a ball. Otherwise, you risk getting a half-finished dish.
Fry the pancakes in a slow cooker on both sides until golden and crispy. When all the potato pancakes are fried, wash the multicooker bowl and set it to the “Warming” program.
We put all the potato pancakes there and wait another 20-25 minutes. After this time, serve hot potato pancakes with minced meat to the table. Season with fresh herbs, sour cream, sauces or cracklings.
An undeniable positive side of the multicooker is the presence of a temperature maintenance program. Thanks to it, you don’t have to worry about the dish cooling down and losing its taste.
Secrets of delicious pancakes
It would seem that there are no pitfalls in such a simple dish. However, few people know how to properly prepare potato pancakes so that the potatoes do not darken and the pancakes are tender and have a crispy crust.
The main principles of preparing the national Belarusian dish:
- To prevent the potatoes from darkening, do not forget to add onions to them during the chopping process;
- To get a beautiful golden crust, you need to preheat the frying pan (oven/multi-cooker bowl);
- The most delicious potato pancakes are made from those potato varieties that have a high starch content;
- New potatoes are not suitable as a base because they have a very low starch content;
- Soak pancakes after frying with paper napkins - this will get rid of excess oil;
- If you often get a little rubbery pancakes from flour, try using starch instead.
Whatever recipe for making potato pancakes you choose, do not forget about the secrets of preparing this dish. After all, there are not so many of them, however, if you remember them, your family will brag about your dishes to all their friends.
In addition, you don’t have to stick to the “classics” and experiment with ingredients, creating new masterpieces of culinary delights.
Wash, peel and grate half a kilo of potatoes. Peel the onion, rinse, grate on a fine grater and mix with potatoes. Use your hands to squeeze out excess moisture from this mass. Add salt, pepper, flour and mix the pancake dough. Heat a frying pan, pour vegetable oil into it and place the potato pancakes on the frying pan so that they do not touch. Fry pancakes for 5 minutes on both sides until golden brown.
How to fry pancakes
Ingredients
Potatoes - half a kilo
Chicken egg - 1 piece
Onions - 1 head
Garlic - 2 cloves
Flour - 2 tablespoons
Salt and ground black pepper - to taste
Soda - on the tip of a teaspoon
Vegetable oil - 3 tablespoons
Sour cream - to taste
How to fry pancakes
Wash the potatoes, peel them, rinse well again under cold water and grate on a coarse grater (or you can pass the potatoes through a meat grinder). Peel the onion, wash and grate on a fine grater, add to the potatoes. Beat the eggs and add to the potatoes and onions. Add salt, pepper, soda, flour and knead the potato dough for pancakes.
Heat a frying pan, pour oil, place the dough with flatbreads so that they do not touch, and fry for 5 minutes. Then turn the pancakes over and fry for another 5 minutes. Place pancakes on a plate. Serve potato pancakes with sour cream.
Recipe for potato pancakes with minced meat (sorcerers)
Products
Potatoes - half a kilo
Minced meat or poultry - 200 grams
Chicken eggs - 2 pieces
Onions - half a head
Flour - 2 tablespoons
Khmeli-suneli - half a teaspoon
Basil - half a teaspoon
Salt - half a teaspoon
Sour cream - to taste
How to fry potato pancakes with minced meat in a frying pan
Minced meat, if frozen, defrost. Peel and finely chop the onion, crush it slightly with your hands to release the juice. Mix the minced meat, onion, 1 chicken egg, some salt and seasoning with your hands in a bowl.
Peel the potatoes and grate them on a fine grater, let the potato juice drain. Add 2 chicken eggs and mix until smooth. Add flour, salt and mix well.
Heat a frying pan, pour oil, spread the potato mixture into flat cakes using a tablespoon. Flatten each flatbread and place the minced meat on it, place another spoonful of potato mixture on top and flatten it again. Fry potato pancakes with minced meat for 5 minutes over medium heat without a lid, then turn over and fry for another 3 minutes without a lid and 3 minutes under a lid. Serve potato pancakes with minced meat and sour cream.
Fun facts about potato pancakes
In the recipe, you can replace the minced meat with hard or processed cheese. In this version, do not add an egg to the filling.
Draniki are not the only name for pancakes made from grated potatoes. In Israel, for example, it is called latkes, and in Russia there are names for potato pancakes such as kakorki, teruny, teruntsy, terunki. In Ukraine, potato pancakes are called kartoplyaniki, potato pancakes and kremzliks. And translated from Swedish, the word that sounds “dranik” is translated as “bristle monk”.
Draniki are served immediately after frying: crispy and warm. They are usually served with sour cream and butter. In some regions, it is customary to render lard and serve it with pancakes with or without cracklings. Machanka is also served, which is a mixture of cottage cheese, milk and cream. - Draniki can be fried in a waffle iron and a slow cooker.
To fry pancakes in a waffle iron, grease the waffle iron pan with vegetable oil to prevent the pancakes from burning, and place the pancake mixture on the waffle iron grid in the required volume (about 2 tablespoons of pancake batter). The pancakes are fried in a waffle iron for 1 minute.
The potato pancakes are fried in a slow cooker for five minutes. To fry pancakes in a multicooker, pour 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil into the bottom of the bowl, lay out the pancake mixture so that the pancakes do not touch each other, and turn on the “Frying” mode. Fry the potato pancakes under a closed lid for 5 minutes, then turn the pancakes over and fry for another 5 minutes.