How to properly fry potato pancakes. Potato pancakes - a classic recipe. Serve on the table

Potato pancakes (potato pancakes, potato pancakes) are a very common food that came to us from Belarusian cuisine, but gradually the boundaries of the use of this dish expanded. Now these pancakes are popular not only in Belarus, but also in Ukraine, Russia, and Europe.

The manufacturing principle is always the same: grated or chopped potatoes with the addition of various ingredients are fried in a frying pan. The ingredients can be varied - cheese, mushrooms, minced meat, zucchini - whatever you like, which will be the highlight of your homemade pancakes! After all, there are a great many recipes for delicacies, but they all have a great taste and a very low cost of food.

The dish is perfect for breakfast or lunch, since the potato delicacy combines high satiety and ease of preparation. Using potato pancakes as a side dish is not the best solution, since they are usually prepared using a lot of oil, but for those who are concerned about the calorie content of the dish, there is a great opportunity to reduce its calorie content by cooking them in the oven, although, in my opinion, they are significantly inferior to those prepared according to the classic recipe in a frying pan.

Potato pancakes

You can supplement their nutritional value with any vegetable salad. The main component for cooking is potatoes, and the ideal potato varieties are rich in starch, so pancakes from young potatoes do not always turn out well. Real potato pancakes are covered with an appetizing crispy crust, and inside they are juicy and tender, especially if you eat them immediately after cooking. If you are a big fan of baking, I recommend making or.

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So, let's not delay any longer with the description of the most popular and mouth-watering recipes for this wonderful dish!

Potato pancakes according to the classic recipe

The first recipe that I will present to you can be called classic. Real potato pancakes are made from potatoes and onions. Delicious crispy on the edges and tender in the middle. No eggs, flour or anything else. Of course, these additives change the taste and complement it, but these are all variations of a traditional dish.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 500g
• Salt – 0.5 tsp.
• Onions – 1 pc.

1. First, grate the onion.

The onion will prevent the potatoes from oxidizing and darkening.

2. Grate the potatoes here and stir.

3. Place the resulting mass in a colander and squeeze out.

4. Add half a teaspoon of salt, mix thoroughly. The dough for potato pancakes is ready.

5. Pour sunflower oil into a frying pan and heat thoroughly. Using a tablespoon, place the dough into the pan about 6-7 mm high. Fry on both sides until golden brown over medium heat.

6. Place the finished ones on a paper towel to remove excess fat.

7. Serve hot and fresh. Season very well with sour cream.

Bon appetit!

Potato pancakes with minced meat

I present a very tasty recipe for potato pancakes with minced meat, otherwise known as “sorcerers”, yes, that’s their name. Their appearance is very original, flaky. Well, let's do some magic.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 1 kg.
• Minced meat – 300g.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Egg – 1 pc.

1. Grate the potatoes on a fine grater. Squeeze it with your hands to remove excess moisture.

2. Finely grate the onion.

3. Combine all the grated vegetables together and mix. Season with salt and pepper, add the egg and mix again.

4. Prepare the minced meat. Add salt and pepper to it and stir.

5. Let's move on to baking. Heat a minimum amount of vegetable oil in a frying pan. Add one spoonful of potato mixture.

6. Place the minced meat in a second layer.

7. Place the potato mixture on top in a third layer. You will get three layers, with a layer of meat inside.

8. Fry over low heat under a closed lid until golden brown. Turn over and cook on the second side.

Do not make the fire too high, otherwise everything will burn on the outside and not cook on the inside.

Best served hot.

Bon appetit!

Appetizing potato pancakes with cheese

Please read the recipe, which you can always do, at any time, without fear for your figure. Very lean baked goods that you make in the oven. You can replace the cheese with your favorite one.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 4 pcs.
• Butter – 30g. (melted)
• Cheddar cheese – 120g.
• Green onions – 10g.
• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Garlic – 1 clove
• Oregano – 1 tsp.
• Salt and pepper - to taste

1. Grate the potatoes, preferably fine or medium.

2. Fill it with cold water for 10 minutes. This operation will remove the starch from the potatoes. Drain in a colander and squeeze out with your hands.

3. Add melted butter, grated cheese, green onions, eggs, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper to the potatoes and mix everything well. The dough is ready.

4. Use your hands to form future pancakes into flat cutlets. Place them on a baking sheet with a non-stick coating or with a minimum amount of vegetable oil.

5. Bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 20 minutes.

6. Serve hot. It turns out very tasty with sour cream.

Bon appetit!

A very tasty recipe for Belarusian pancakes

Draniki are a mega-popular dish due to their ease of preparation and amazing taste. Crispy, piping hot, with fresh sour cream, they will give a head start to many restaurant dishes. This breakfast will lift your spirits and energize you!

Many housewives add flour and eggs to the dough, not knowing that this will turn pancakes into potato pancakes and become rubbery. In fact, everything is much simpler - arm yourself with potatoes and a grater, and prepare a real masterpiece!

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 1 kg.
• Onions – 2 pcs.
• Salt – 0.5 tsp.
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• Vegetable oil – 8 tbsp.

1. Cut the onion into pieces of any shape and load it into a vegetable cutter. Grind finely. You can grind it on a fine grater or meat grinder.

2. Chop the potatoes in the same way. The smaller you make it, the better.

3. Combine everything in a bowl, add salt and pepper. Stir.

4. Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil.

5. Spoon the potato mixture into the pan, 5-8mm thick. Fry over medium heat until golden brown on both sides.

6. First place the finished pancakes on a paper towel to remove excess oil.

7. Serve hot, preferably with sour cream.

Bon appetit!

Features of cooking potato pancakes in a frying pan

Draniki, or they are also called potato pancakes, are generally easy to prepare. I crushed the potatoes, added onions and fried them. But! As with any recipe, there is a BUT. There are nuances that I will tell you about.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 2 pcs.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Salt - to taste
• Vegetable oil - for frying

1. Peel the potatoes and grate them on a fine grater. Squeeze out excess moisture from the resulting mass with your hands.

2. Grate the onion on a fine grater. Send to potatoes.

3. Combine everything together, add the egg, salt and mix everything.

There is no flour in the recipe, as it is designed to remove excess moisture, which we do not have.

To prevent the potato pancakes from falling apart when frying, the recipe contains an egg.

4. Heat a frying pan with plenty of vegetable oil.

During the frying process, potato pancakes absorb oil.

5. While the pan is heating, remove any excess water from the potato dough.

6. Spread the dough with a tablespoon. Fry one side over medium heat until golden brown. Then turn over, close the lid and fry the other side for about 3-4 minutes until light brown.

7. First place the finished ones on a paper towel to drain excess oil.

8. You can serve either hot or cold. Classic way of serving with sour cream.

Bon appetit!

Unusual recipe for potato pancakes with pumpkin

If it's summer, if you're on a diet and extra calories don't suit you, if you just love pumpkin or you like dishes cooked in the oven, then of course this recipe is for you. Absolutely dietary recipe! For tasty and healthy food.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 0.5 kg.
• Pumpkin – 0.5 kg.
• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Flour – 3 tbsp.
• Salt, pepper - to taste

1. So, let's get started. Grate the potatoes on a coarse grater, or grind them in a blender. Add salt, stir and set aside for 3-5 minutes to allow the potatoes to release their juice.

2. Also grate the pumpkin on a coarse grater.

3. Squeeze out the juice from the potatoes and add to the pumpkin.

4. Separate the whites from the yolks of the eggs. Remove the whites and add the yolks to the vegetables. Salt and pepper everything and add flour. Mix thoroughly.

5. Add a pinch of salt to the whites and beat with a blender until fluffy.

6. Transfer to vegetable mixture and stir until smooth.

Thanks to the whipped egg whites, the potato pancakes will turn out very fluffy and airy.

7. Grease a baking sheet with a minimum amount of vegetable oil and place the potato mixture in the form of flat cutlets.

8. Bake one side in the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 15 minutes, then turn over and bake for another 15 minutes.

The exact baking time depends on your oven, aim for a golden brown crust.

Bon appetit!

Juicy and very tasty sorcerers with meat

I once wrote about . But this is not the only way to do them. I present the lazy recipe for sorcerers, with chicken breast.

Ingredients:

• Chicken breast – 300g.
• Potatoes – 600g.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Lemon juice – 1/2 tsp.
• Onions – 1/2 pcs.
• Salt, pepper - to taste
• Vegetable oil - to taste

1. Grate the potatoes on a medium grater. Squeeze a little lemon juice into it and add salt, set aside for 5 minutes.

The lemon juice will prevent the potatoes from browning, and the salt will squeeze out the juice.

2. Throw the potatoes into a colander, you can even squeeze them a little. Pour out the juice, leave the starch remaining at the bottom and return it back to the potatoes.

3. Finely chop the chicken breast or mince it and add it to the potatoes.

4. Add finely chopped garlic, egg, salt, ground black pepper and mix everything thoroughly.

The dough for pancakes is ready.

5. Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil.

6. Spread the dough with a spoon, 8-10mm thick. Fry one side until golden brown, then turn over, close the lid and fry covered for another 4 minutes.

Then open the lid, turn it over to the first side again and fry for another 1.5-2 minutes with the lid open.

Do not turn the heat on high, otherwise the potato pancakes will burn. Total frying time is 7-8 minutes.

7. First place the finished ones on a paper towel to drain excess oil.

Bon appetit!

Draniki baked in the oven

Lastly, I offer a video recipe for preparing diet pancakes with cheese in the oven.

Friends, I have everything. Hope you enjoyed it. See you again with new recipes.

Sincerely, Alexander

For some reason, it is believed that potato pancakes are a particularly simple dish, and making it, let’s say, is a piece of cake. But the only thing that has a bluish tint and a sticky consistency is not potato pancakes. These are clumsily prepared pancakes.

By the way, several world cuisines argue about whose dish this is. Somehow it happened that it is considered a traditional Belarusian dish. But Ukrainians will correct you and say that these are not potato pancakes at all, but potato pancakes and the dish belongs to their cuisine, and Jews will answer that latkes (these are potato pancakes again) are one of the main dishes for Hanukkah, and can be ordered in the most prestigious restaurants. These are not simple ones, potato pancakes, or teruntsy, or kremzliks, or...

If you don’t get potato pancakes (or get them blue as described above), then read carefully, strictly follow the recipe and get correct, tender, sunny pancakes.

Since there are so many cooking recipes, we will narrow this circle to a basic recipe, then we will complicate it a little, and then we will change it slightly. The main goal is to understand all the principles and subtleties of making potato pancakes. Join us, it will be exciting because you will learn many secrets.

Basic recipe for potato pancakes

Be that as it may, potato pancakes are potatoes that have been grated. That's the whole secret.

Ingredients

• potatoes - 5 large
• onion - half
• flour - 2 tbsp. spoons
• eggs - 2
• salt, pepper to your taste
• vegetable oil for frying

How to cook potato pancakes

Potatoes and onions need to be grated on a fine grater (with the smallest round holes). If you have an assistant (a food processor), then the task of making a lot of potato pancakes becomes much easier.

First, grate the onion and place it in a bowl.

Secret one. The onion, oxidizing, prevents the potatoes from darkening. Therefore, firstly, the finished potato pancakes will have a golden color, and, secondly, there is no need to rush, fearing that the potatoes will darken.

The second secret. Draniki are also called potato pancakes, hence the misconception that the consistency of pancakes should be similar to the consistency of pancake batter.

We will not be mistaken, so we will remove all the liquid from the potatoes and other products that will be used.

To do this, place the potatoes and onions in a colander, and when the liquid has drained, squeeze it out - there should be only a “dry residue” at the exit. Add salt, pepper, egg and flour, mix thoroughly.

Add salt, pepper, egg and flour, mix thoroughly.

Fry in a heated frying pan with vegetable oil, adding potato pancakes with a tablespoon.

Don't make them too thick, smooth them out with the back of a spoon.

The third secret : Fry over medium heat - the potatoes should be well cooked inside.

Secret four: Place potato pancakes on a paper napkin, which will remove excess oil, because they are best served with sour cream, and so much fat content is not very healthy, although tasty.

Secret five: If you want crispy potato pancakes, do not stack them, place them in one layer.

Draniki should be served immediately while they are hot. With sour cream, in which be sure to cut the greens.

On a note. If you need to serve a large number of fried pancakes, then turn on the oven (t 120-140), cover a baking sheet with parchment and place pancakes from the pan on it. When everything is fried, place the pan in a warm oven until serving, but not for too long so that the potato pancakes do not dry out.

Potato pancakes with filling

Yes, if you add filling to the basic recipe, you will get a new dish. And although you never get tired of potatoes, you still want variety. What filling should I use? Imagine boiled or fried potatoes, what would you eat them with? Yes with anything. It is precisely this “anything” that can be an addition. For example, Belarusians prefer to add meat; an excellent addition is a variety of vegetables: eggplant, sweet peppers, garlic, mushrooms, zucchini and others. Or sauerkraut.

Replace flour with starch to make it completely potato-like.

Recipe ingredients

• potatoes - 3 pcs.
• onion - 1
• sauerkraut - 130 grams
• egg - 1
• potato starch - 1 tbsp. spoon
• vegetable oil for frying

How to cook potato pancakes with filling

Finely grate the onion and potatoes and drain in a colander.
Chop the cabbage very finely.
Squeeze the potatoes and cabbage and place in a bowl.

Break the egg into a small bowl, whisk and pour into the potatoes. Add starch and stir.

Fry as in the first case, in vegetable oil, medium heat. Place on a napkin.
Serve hot.

Potato pancakes with carrots

Why with carrots? Because she and potatoes are a very tasty combination. Carrots give potatoes tenderness and sweetness, and potatoes give carrots satiety.

But so that life doesn’t seem like a culinary paradise, let’s make potato pancakes, grated on a coarse grater.

Recipe ingredients

• potatoes - 4
• carrots - 1 medium
• greens, salt, pepper - to taste
• egg - 1
• flour - 2 tbsp. spoons

How to cook potato pancakes with carrots

Grate the carrots and potatoes on a coarse grater. Place in a colander, then squeeze out and transfer to a bowl. By the way, coarsely grated potatoes produce significantly less liquid.

Add the egg and finely chopped herbs, salt and pepper. Stir.

Add flour and mix well again.
Fry over medium heat in vegetable oil.

Serve hot with sour cream.

ON A NOTE

After trying variations with finely and coarsely grated potatoes, you will understand which one you like best. But this is not a reason to stop, because you can combine, for example, finely and medium grated potatoes - you will get a soft center and a crispy top.

If some vegetables do not grate well on a fine grater, pass them through a meat grinder.

P.S. It seems that we have diligently revealed all the secrets of making potato pancakes, and they are clearly visible on your monitor. Or have we forgotten something?.. Then please remind us in the comments of everything that you consider necessary, important and useful.

Please your loved ones with an unusual and tasty dish - potato pancakes. The recipe for potato pancakes is very simple - mix everything and fry. The end result will be delicious, fluffy pancakes, the aroma of which will attract everyone in the household to the kitchen.

This recipe includes the simplest set of ingredients. Even beginners in the culinary business can do it.

You will need:

• Potatoes - 0.3 kg;
• Two eggs;
• Wheat flour - 50 grams;
• Three onions;
• Sour cream - 20 grams;
• Salt and spices to taste;
• A little oil for frying.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Carry out initial processing of potatoes and onions by peeling and grating together. The juice formed after the procedure must be drained.
2. Break the eggs into another bowl and beat while adding salt and spices.
3. Add the onion-potato mixture to the eggs and mix everything well.
4. Pour sour cream into a homogeneous mixture.
5. If the mass is too liquid, add flour to it.
6. Heat a frying pan, pour oil into it and lay out the resulting dough in parts. They should look like pancakes.
7. Wait until one side is covered with a golden brown crust and turn the potato pancake over to the other side.
8. Usually the dish is served hot. In addition to them, you can prepare sauce.

Recipe with mushrooms

Draniki with mushrooms turn from an ordinary dish into a real holiday appetizer.

Recipe Ingredients:

• potatoes - 0.7 kg;
• mushrooms - 0.3 kg;
• onion - 0.15 kg;
• salt and pepper to taste;
• one chicken egg;

How to cook potato pancakes:

1. First, let's deal with onions and mushrooms. They need to be cut into small cubes.
2. Place the onion in a frying pan with oil and fry.
3. After 4 minutes, add the mushrooms to the onion and sprinkle with salt. Keep the pan on the stove for 15 minutes.
4. During this time, we will prepare the potatoes: it is recommended to peel them and grate them.
5. Break an egg into a bowl with potato mixture, add salt and pepper.
6. We transfer the fried mushrooms with onions and flour there. Mix all.
7. Use a tablespoon to place pieces of dough on the bottom of a heated frying pan, and thus fry all the cakes.

Potato pancakes with meat

The dish can be served if your household is tired of potatoes and wants meat. The recipe is very simple, quick and satisfying.

Required components:

• potatoes - 0.5 kg;
• flour - 75 g;
• two chicken eggs;
• minced meat - 0.2 kg;
• sour cream as a sauce;
• oil for frying process;
• one onion;
• salt and spices.

Cooking method:

1. We process the potatoes and onions in the above manner and combine them together in one cup.
2. You need to break eggs into potatoes and onions, add salt and spices, and wheat flour.
3. Place the minced meat without liquid in a separate bowl, add pepper and salt.
4. Place the potato mixture in the form of small pancakes in a frying pan, add minced meat on top. Try to ensure that the meat is evenly distributed over the surface of the pancakes.
5. Cover the minced meat with the remaining dough from the cup.
6. Wait until a golden brown crust appears, then turn over to the other side.

Recipe without eggs

There are times when you really want to try the most delicate potato pancakes, but there are no chicken eggs in the kitchen cabinet. You can prepare the dish without them.

Required ingredients:

• potatoes - 0.7 kg;
• flour - 75 gr;
• one carrot;
• salt - 10 g;
• spices and vegetable oil to taste.

Recipe

1. Peel potatoes and carrots. Grind on a grater or run through a food processor. Sprinkle the resulting mass with salt and leave for 10 minutes.
2. Add the required amount of flour and spices to the vegetable mass.
3. Light a low heat burner on the stove and place a frying pan with vegetable oil poured into it.
4. Using a spoon, spoon the potato dough onto the heated bottom.
5. Start frying until golden brown.

With cheese in the oven

Cheese will give potato pancakes softness, tenderness, and sophistication. This dish will be a real treat for the whole family.

Required Products:

• potatoes - 0.3 kg;
• two eggs;
• milk - 0.25 l;
• cheese - 0.1 kg;
• flour - 0.13 kg;
• baking powder - 5 g;
• butter - 30 g;
• black pepper and a pinch of salt;
• dill, parsley to taste.

How to make potato pancakes:

1. Place the peeled potatoes through a food processor or, if time permits, grate them.
2. Pour flour, grated cheese, baking powder into the resulting mass, break the eggs.
3. Grease a baking sheet with a piece of butter and preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
4. Place the pancakes, sprinkle finely chopped herbs on top of them.
5. Baking time for each side is 10 minutes.

Lenten pancakes

During Lent, when there are food restrictions, the same dishes quickly become boring, and you want something unusual.

Recipe ingredients required:

• potatoes - 0.4 kg;
• flour - 0.2 kg;
• pepper and salt to taste;
• vegetable oil of any kind.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Turn the potatoes into a homogeneous mass using one of the methods described above.
2. Sprinkle flour, salt and pepper into the same bowl. Don't forget to mix thoroughly.
3. Place potato pancakes on the surface of the frying pan and fry.

Potato and zucchini pancakes

Zucchini will help diversify the composition of potato dishes. They are very tasty, nutritious and healthy.

• zucchini - 0.3 kg;
• potato tubers - 1 kg;
• two onions;
• one egg;
• oil, salt, seasonings to taste;
• wheat flour - 75 g;
• sour cream.

Cooking option:

1. Process the vegetables according to the standard procedure, peeling and cutting into small cubes.
2. Zucchini and potatoes must be grated. Don't forget to remove the vegetable juice.
3. Add the chopped onion to the main ingredients.
4. Pour spices and salt into it, and also add the required amount of flour and a raw egg.
5. From the prepared mass, mold the shape of potato pancakes.
6. Heat oil in a frying pan and place the semi-finished product on it.
7. The potato pancakes will be completely ready when both sides take on a golden hue.

With green onions

Fresh herbs will give potato pancakes an amazing color and appearance. This dish will be healthy for children and will appeal to people on a diet.

You will need:

• potatoes - 0.5 kg;
• flour - 130 g;
• one chicken egg;
• a bunch of green onions.

How to cook:

1. Process the tubers using a grater.
2. Pour the required amount of flour into the resulting mass, pour in the egg, add salt to taste.
3. Don't forget to rinse the onion stems under the tap and chop finely.
4. Place them in a bowl with the potatoes and stir.
5. Fry in oil on both sides.

Diet potato pancakes without flour

If potato sorcerers are baked in the oven without using flour, then their caloric composition will be minimal. This makes them ideal for various diets. You cannot consume them in unlimited quantities, since potatoes contain carbohydrates. The dish is perfect for breakfast and will give you energy for the whole day.

Required ingredients:

• potatoes - 0.2 kg;
• one chicken egg;
• one onion;
• oil, spices and salt to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Prepare the potato tubers properly by peeling and grating them.
2. Proceed with the onion according to the same principle.
3. Break an egg into the vegetable mixture. If the mass turns out to be liquid, you can always use semolina or bran instead of flour.
4. It is better to use olive oil for frying. Heat a frying pan and fry pancakes on both sides.
5. Try not to add sour cream or other sauces to the dish, since the goal of cooking is to get a dish with a minimum of calories.

Secrets of delicious pancakes

To ensure that potato pancakes turn out to be the correct shape and deliver maximum pleasant taste sensations for lunch, follow a few simple tips:

1. Don't choose new potatoes with thin skins. It is better to take middle-aged tubers. It is desirable that they have a yellowish center.
2. To prevent the potatoes from turning gray after grating and the potato pancakes to turn out colorless, combine processing the potatoes with onions.
3. If the mixture has a liquid consistency, do not add too much flour; it is better to add a little starch to supplement it. This will make the dish softer and more tender.
4. To add a spicy aroma and taste, you can add any seasonings: pepper, coriander, thyme, fennel, etc.
5. It is advisable that the level of vegetable oil in the frying pan reaches half the height of the potato pancakes.
6. To get rid of excess fat from the finished dish, blot it with dry disposable napkins.

Draniki are great to diversify your usual diet.

They can be prepared with any ingredients and spices you like and can be adapted to any event.

It is difficult to name a country where this dish is not prepared. It can be found wherever potatoes are eaten. Different peoples have come up with all kinds of names for potato pancakes. In Poland they are called pancakes, in Lithuania - pancakes, in Sweden - bristly monk. The most names in Russia are: teruns, deruns, pancakes, deriks.

If you get to the bottom of it, potato pancakes are the same pancakes or flatbreads. Their name comes from the word “tear” or rub. Which is what we do every time, intending to cook this delicious food. Grate raw potatoes. Add onion, egg, a little flour. Fry the resulting dough in a frying pan or bake in the oven.

Classic versions are prepared with or without flour. Sometimes you only take potatoes with eggs and onions. The egg is used to bind the ingredients. But there are recipes that include cheese, minced meat, and sausage.

There is an opinion that potato pancakes are a dish that is prepared simply and quickly. But it doesn't always work out that way. Instead of golden items, they often take on a grayish tint. Why? And their internal structure suddenly becomes sticky. Get acquainted with recipes that reveal all the secrets of delicious cooking.

Which option for preparing pancakes can be classified as classic? That's a moot point. Some believe that it should not contain flour, others are against eggs. But eggs and flour bind potato chips into a single whole. Without them, it is difficult to turn the cake over to the other side. It just crumbles in the pan.

All recipes that have come down to us have a long history, created by different peoples. And each of them can be called classic. This version contains both flour and egg. The products are tender and fluffy, covered with a thin golden crust.

What we need:

• 700 g potatoes;
• 1-2 heads of onion;
• 1 egg;
• 2-3 tbsp. l flour;
• pepper, salt (to taste);

Cooking sequence:

Step 1. Wash and clean the tubers. Rub them with a grater with the smallest mesh. For these products, varieties of crumbly vegetables that contain more starch are better suited.

Starch gives volume and fluffiness to finished products and adds softness.

Step 2. At the same time as the tubers, turn the onions into pulp. It is better to entrust this process to a blender. Then you won’t have to shed any tears.

Why are onions grated at the same time as potatoes? The tuber contains the amino acid tyrosine, which when combined with air is oxidized. The colorless substance acquires a bluish-brown color. Onion juice inhibits the oxidation process. The mass retains its color.

Step 3. Transfer the potato and onion mixture into a bowl.

Step 4. Add the egg. Beat it with a fork, mixing it with the mass.

Step 5. Add flour, observing the amount indicated in the layout.

Step 6. Mix and obtain a dough of semi-liquid, delicate consistency. Pepper and salt to taste.

Step 7. Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil. Spoon out the potato dough.

Step 8. Fry the flatbreads on both sides until golden brown. Appetizing and crispy pancakes are ready!

Serve hot. Cold flatbreads lose their savory quality and become unpalatable. They are good with sour cream and cream sauce.

Potato pancakes with minced meat, on a coarse grater

Derguns with minced meat are tasty, with a crispy crust. The dish is simple, no frills. Does not contain flour. In addition to raw potatoes and meat, an egg is added to the composition. Curry seasoning adds spiciness to the dish (this is the property of the included pepper). Turmeric - golden. And cumin and coriander have an aroma and a light nutty taste.

Product set:

• 400 g potatoes;
• 200 g minced meat;
• 1/2 onion;
• 1 egg;
• Curry seasoning, salt (to taste);

How we will proceed:

Grate the potatoes on a coarse grater. After the chips release juice, squeeze it out and drain. Add one egg and finely chopped onion to the bowl. Add minced meat, a pinch of salt and the same amount of curry seasoning to the mixture.

Form flat cakes with your palms and place them in a frying pan heated with oil. Brown one side. Turn the products over to the other side. Fry until fully cooked.

Place the finished jerky out of the frying pan onto a paper towel. So that it absorbs excess oil from the products.

How to make potato pancakes with cheese

Delicious flatbreads with added cheese and fried in a frying pan will be a delicious addition to tea. The author of this recipe suggests grating the vegetable on a coarse grater.

It depends on you, but I like it when the potatoes are grated coarsely. And the onion is cut into half rings. When frying, they do not fit tightly to each other and a kind of layering of the product is formed. And “bristles” protrude along the edges. Apparently, that’s why they were called that in Sweden - the bristly monk.

Let's prepare the ingredients:

• 5-6 raw potato tubers;
• 1 onion;
• 1-2 tbsp. l. flour;
• 1 egg;
• 50-70 g hard cheese;
• salt pepper:
• 1-2 cloves of garlic;

How we will cook:

Grate the cheese with a fine grater and place in a bowl. Next, finely chop the garlic. Lastly, use a large mesh grater to make potato chips. And before it darkens, quickly mix it with onions and cheese.

Beat in the egg. Mix well. Salt and pepper to taste. Add a finely chopped clove of garlic. Sprinkle flour and mix everything. The dough is ready.

Heat a frying pan with oil. Spoon onto the flatbread. Press them down lightly so that they are flat.

Fry the products on both sides over low heat. Once a golden crust has formed, remove to a plate.

Cooking delicious jerky with cottage cheese

While writing this article I came across this amazing recipe. I decided to post it in the article. It is unusual in that potato pancakes are prepared with the addition of cottage cheese. But on the other hand, if you think about it, there is nothing unusual about it.

After all, we fry potato cakes with cheese? And cottage cheese is its original product. But the amazing moments don't end there. We will fry the products without flour. So, get acquainted.

We will need:

• 1 kg of potatoes;
• 300 g cottage cheese;
• 2 eggs;
• 1 onion;
• 1 tsp salt;

Preparation:

We clean the tubers, divide each tuber into several parts. Add the onion, cut into quarters. Grind the products with an immersion blender.

Strain the mixture through cheesecloth, removing excess juice.

Add 300 g of cottage cheese and 2 eggs to the mass. Salt and mix. All. The dough is ready.

Heat the pan and fry the products over medium heat until golden brown. The products are tender and juicy. And they have a special taste. Try it!

Potato pancakes in a frying pan with sausage

This is an equally simple and accessible recipe for everyone. Potato cakes are fried with the addition of sausage or sausages. Which makes them more satisfying. The finished dish can replace breakfast or become a light dinner.

Product set:

• 0.5 kg of potatoes;
• 1 egg;
• 2 onions;
• 2 sausages;
• 1 tbsp. l. flour;
• salt pepper;
• green onions - a small bunch.

Sequencing:

Grate the potatoes. Add spices, chopped onions and green onions to the mixture. Cut the sausages into cubes and also add them to the total mass. Beat in one egg. Based on the consistency of the resulting mass, sprinkle in one or two tablespoons of flour.

Heat a frying pan with oil. Spoon out the dough mixture. Fry on one side. Once they are browned, turn them over to the other side.

It is better to eat finished products when they are hot. They taste much better this way.

Bake potato pancakes in the oven

If you don't like fried foods, teruns can be baked in the oven. Healthy flatbreads are prepared quickly and easily. The ingredients are taken as simple as possible. And if the finished products are not greased with butter, then the dish will be lean. Because it is prepared without eggs. The recipe will come in handy on fasting days.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of potatoes;
• 2 onions;
• 3 tbsp. l. flour;
• 10 g butter;
• salt;

Preparation:

Peel the potatoes and grate them alternately with the onions to prevent them from darkening. Let the mixture release its juice for a few minutes and drain it.

Add potato and onion mixture. Add flour and knead the dough. We form small cakes with our hands and place them on a baking sheet.

Bake in the oven at 200 degrees, about 20 minutes. Lubricate the finished products on top with melted butter.

Recipe for Belarusian potato pancakes without eggs

This is the most correct (classic) recipe for Belarusian pancakes. And all because they are fried without eggs or flour. The simplest preparation involves only 2 ingredients: potatoes and onions.

What to prepare:

• 1 kg of potatoes;
• half an onion;
• salt, pepper to taste;

How we will proceed:

Grate the tubers, interspersed with the onion, on a fine grater. Transfer the mixture to a sieve and leave for 10 minutes to allow the juice to drain.

After this, drain the juice. But we save the starch that has settled at the bottom.

Transfer the potato and onion mixture into this starch and mix.

Returning starch to the potato mass is another secret to delicious pancakes. Starch has an important property - viscosity. Links ingredients into a single whole. Absorbs water and adds thickness.

Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil. Spread the mixture with a spoon, giving it the shape of cakes. Fry the products on both sides. They turn out to be a beautiful, golden color, because the mass remains white and does not darken. They turn over easily in the pan. They do not crumble and keep their shape.

Place the finished teruns on a paper towel to drain excess oil.

Cooking potato pancakes with meat

A delicious, beautifully shaped dish - potato pancakes with meat. The ingredients are very simple, but the execution is unusual. Which allows you to serve this dish on the holiday table. Guests will be delighted with it.

Perfect for a family dinner too. We use chicken as meat. And although the option is clearly not classic, it is worthy of attention. Because it's delicious and elegant.

List of ingredients:

• 4-5 potatoes;
• 250 g chicken meat;
• 2 eggs;
• 1 onion;
• 2 tbsp. l. flour;
• 60 g cheese;
• ground pepper, salt, herbs;

Cooking technology:

Finely chop the greens and onions. Grate the cheese with a fine mesh grater. It is better to take a hard type of cheese. Alternately fry the onions in a frying pan until golden. Transfer it to another container. Then, fry the chopped pieces of chicken breast. Don't forget to pepper and salt them.

Three potatoes on a grater, sprinkle with salt to release the juice faster. Squeeze out the juice.

Add eggs, flour to the mixture and knead the dough.

Heat a greased frying pan. Spoon out the dough mixture. Distribute it over the entire surface of the pan in a thin layer.

To make it easier to flip the potato pancake, take a frying pan with a small diameter.

Fry the pancake on one side until golden and turn it over to the other. Place the fried meat on one half of the pancake. Sprinkle with onions, cheese shavings and herbs.

Cover the filling with the second half of the pancake, folding it in half. We lightly hold it with a spatula and wait for the cheese inside to melt and stick the product together.

Turn over to the other side. Let sit for a few seconds and transfer the delicious, fried potato pancake with meat to a plate.

What to add to potato pancakes to prevent them from darkening?

Potatoes, as noted above, tend to oxidize in air and turn black. What should you do to ensure that the grated mass remains white and does not lose its color? After all, then the products themselves turn out not gray, but golden-ruddy.

One secret of preparing products with a golden crust has already been revealed in the article. To do this, you should grate the potatoes alternately with onions. Onion juice inhibits the oxidation process. From this recipe you will learn the second secret.

Required components:

• 600 g potatoes;
• 1 egg;
• 1 onion;
• 1 tbsp. l. flour (with a slide);
• 1/2 tsp. lemon juice;
• salt, pepper to taste;

Cooking process:

Grate the tubers and onions. Cut the lemon into 2 halves. Squeeze out some juice. Half a teaspoon will be enough.

Lemon juice, like onion juice, preserves the color of potatoes and prevents the enzymes in its composition from oxidizing. The mass remains perfectly white.

If there is too much juice in it, you can drain it. To do this, place the mixture in a strainer so that the excess juice is separated.

Afterwards, add salt and pepper. Sprinkle flour and knead the dough.

Fry the flatbreads in a heated frying pan with oil. 2-3 minutes on both sides.

To ensure that the products are thoroughly fried, cover the frying pan with a lid.

How to make a delicious meat sauce for pancakes?

In addition to the recipes, as a nice bonus, I’m posting a description of how to prepare a very tasty sauce. It can be made with any meat you like. We have a version with chicken hearts, onions and ketchup.

Instead of ketchup, you can use tomato paste. Then you will need to season the sauce with herbs or spices.

Cut the hearts into small pieces. We turn the onion into smaller cubes. Heat up the frying pan. Add a little oil so that the sauce is not greasy. Fry the onion until golden. Place pieces of meat on the onion. Cover with a lid and cook over low heat until done.

Remember to periodically lift the lid and stir to prevent the contents from burning. If you feel that the mass is slightly burning, then add a little water to the pan. Literally 2 tablespoons.

Don't forget to add salt. Add ketchup to the prepared hearts. We turn down the fire. Simmer for two minutes while stirring. And delicious meat sauce can be served!

How to make the most delicious potato pancakes?

Despite the fact that the cooking recipes are extremely simple, it is not always possible to get potato pancakes tasty and appetizing. Then the potatoes quickly darken and the finished products, instead of rosy, have a bluish or brownish tint. Then the internal structure turns out to be too sticky. Then they crumble in the frying pan when turned over on the other side.

What should novice housewives pay attention to when preparing this delicious food?

Some secrets and nuances have already been revealed in the recipe descriptions. Summarizing what has been said, we can note:

To prevent potatoes from browning

When grating, add onion to the mixture at the same time. It can also be grated or chopped with a blender. Onion juice prevents the enzymes contained in the tubers from oxidizing. And the mass remains light.

Adding a little lemon juice or citric acid will amazingly preserve the color. Sometimes it even seems that the mass is becoming even lighter.

Adding a small amount of sour cream, literally a tablespoon, saves the situation.

Another interesting way. Experienced housewives have probably noticed that peeled tubers do not darken in water. In this regard, there is advice from experienced chefs who suggest grating potatoes by immersing the grater in water. The color, of course, remains the same. But the starch is washed out. It is possible to avoid this annoying situation. It is necessary to drain the water and return the starch to the potato dough.

Is it better to grate potatoes on a coarse or fine grater?

There is no clear answer to this question. Most likely, it is necessary to proceed from their personal preferences. The mass, crushed with a blender or grated through a fine mesh, in a frying pan looks more like flat cakes with smooth edges.

Our family loves potato pancakes made from large shavings. At the same time, onions should also be cut not into cubes, but into half rings or into quarters. When you spoon the dough mixture into a frying pan, you get cakes not with a smooth edge, but with bristles sticking out in all directions.

Do I need to return the starch after squeezing out the potato mass?

It is believed that the most authentic (classic) pancakes are fried without flour and without eggs. In some cases, instead of flour, starch is added. If there is little starch in the potato mass, the potato pancakes will not hold their shape and will fall apart in the pan.

Starch binds the ingredients and adds viscosity. In addition, the products are softer and more delicate.

Why do finished products sometimes turn out glued and sticky inside?

This happens most often due to a large amount of flour. When mixing potato dough for pancakes, follow the recipe.

Now, you know what you need to do to make potato pancakes tasty and their internal structure to remain snow-white. These simple products, in the classic version, are served at the family table on weekdays. There is a recipe that helps out on fasting days. But you can also prepare a festive version with meat filling, which will surprise your guests.

Delight yourself and your loved ones with simple and delicious food! If you see an interesting recipe for yourself, save the article on your social media pages. See you again, dear readers!

Belarus is rightfully considered the birthplace of real potato pancakes - it was there that the simplest recipe was invented. Initially, they were prepared only from potatoes and salt, then fried onions were added to the composition.

Nowadays, many recipes for these delicious potato pancakes have been invented; they add spices, herbs, meat, fish, cabbage, in general, everything you like.

• It is best to fry potato pancakes in a thick cast-iron frying pan; if desired, you can then simmer in the oven or oven
• Potatoes can be grated either on a fine or coarse grater - both options can be used
• Don’t be afraid to add onions, mushrooms, minced meat, vegetables, sour cream, spices, pieces of fish, chicken, spices to the traditional recipe
• You can grate the potatoes, then squeeze out the juice through cheesecloth, or you can add the entire watery mass to the plate

• You can even use boiled potatoes to make these delicious potato pancakes by mashing them
• It is better to take large, dense, yellow tubers
• It is advisable to add a little flour to the dough; it will give the finished pancakes a golden color and density. It is better to fry in melted butter, but odorless vegetable oil is also suitable

Recipe: how to cook traditional potato pancakes

You will need:

• several large tubers, 5 or 6
• 2 medium onions
• 2 tablespoons flour
• pepper, salt, oil for frying

• Before preparing potato pancakes, potato tubers and onions should be peeled and grated on a fine or coarse grater.
• Then you need to mix all the ingredients in a dish or saucepan with a spoon, try to see if there is enough salt
• Then you just need to heat the frying pan on gas, pour more oil into it and cook the potato pancakes, spooning the dough out with a spoon. They fry quickly, you should carefully turn them over to the other side after a golden crust appears.
• You can serve pancakes with sour cream, herbs, sauce

1. Instead of a grater, it is more convenient to use a food processor; it will chop food in 3 minutes
2. The better the onion is fried, the fluffier and tastier the finished pancakes will be.
3. It’s better to cook everything at once; there’s no need to store the dough.

Recipe: how to make potato pancakes with cabbage

You will need:

• half a medium head of cabbage
• 6 pieces large potato tubers
• 2 raw eggs
• 3 level spoons of flour
• small onion
• salt and pepper, oil

• Finely chop the cabbage with a sharp knife
• Peel the potatoes, finely grate them or chop them with a food processor
• Peel the onion and chop it very finely
• Mix all the products in a large dish except the oil - we will fry in it
• Heat the frying pan, place small circles on the bottom of the pan with a spoon, fry on both sides
• Place on a flat plate and garnish with herbs

1. If the potato pancakes fall apart, you just need to mix another raw egg into the dough
2. There is no need to cover the pan with a lid when frying.

Recipe: how to cook pancakes from boiled potatoes with cheese

You will need:

• 8 medium potatoes
• 3 eggs
• 200 grams of any hard cheese
• 4 spoons filled with flour
• small piece of butter
• herbs for flavor
• pepper, salt

• First, wash the tubers, peel them, and boil them. Drain the broth, cool slightly, grate
• Place the butter in the microwave for a short while, making sure it melts. Mix it with beaten eggs, grated cheese, spices, salt, herbs
• Add chopped potatoes to the mixture and stir
• Fry potato pancakes in hot oil on both sides, spooning out the thick dough in the shape of circles or oblong pancakes.

1. The oil in the frying pan must be heated first, otherwise the potato pancakes will not turn out
2. Fresh young potatoes are not suitable for use, they have too little starch

Recipe: how to cook potato pancakes with minced meat

You will need:

• 300 grams of thawed minced meat
• 7 pieces of potatoes
• large onion
• 2 eggs
• a couple of spoons with a heap of flour
• spices, salt
• thick sour cream

• Wash the potatoes, peel them, grate them on a fine grater, cut the onion into small pieces
• Mix it with spices, salt, eggs, half an onion, flour
• Mix the minced meat with the remaining onion, salt and pepper
• Spoon the potato dough into thin slices onto a hot frying pan with oil and fry
• We immediately make the filling: from the minced meat we make flat cakes of the same size, place them on top of the pancakes, pour the dough again
• Carefully turn the potato pancakes over with a spatula and fry until crispy.
• Add a little water, close the lid and simmer for about 5 minutes on the stove.
• Serve the finished pancakes with sour cream

1. You can take any meat: pork, beef, even chicken
2. To prevent the mashed potato mixture from darkening, you need to mix it with the onion immediately after grating.

Each recipe is quite simple; even an inexperienced housewife or teenager can prepare such potato pancakes. They taste amazing; they smell like potatoes, onions, and fried pancakes. You can add cheese and pieces of ham to them if desired. Some housewives even put pieces of liver or fish into the dough and crumble garlic.

In any case, these potato pancakes do not take long to prepare; you can easily treat them to your family at breakfast or dinner, or serve as a side dish for a meat dish. You can even top the potato pancakes with meat or mushroom gravy or prepare another recipe, French fries