Potato pancakes are called potato pancakes. This dish is considered Belarusian, but it is loved and prepared in many countries. Depending on the country in which the dish is prepared, the potato pancake has a different name and composition. Platz, potato pancakes, tartuhi, kakorki - all these are the names of the same dish.

Pay attention to several recipes that can diversify your idea of ​​potato pancakes.

Classic potato pancakes

This is the main recipe prepared by the hostesses in a hurry. Basically, it was such draniki that our grandmothers and mothers prepared for us.

Products:

  • 5 potatoes;
  • 2 chicken eggs;
  • 1 onion head;
  • 3 large spoons of flour;
  • frying oil;
  • spice.

How to cook potato pancakes:

  1. The hardest part in making potato pancakes is grating potatoes. Peel the potatoes and rub on a fine grater.
  2. Add the egg, chopped onions, flour and salt in the potatoes.
  3. Mix everything well. Everything, the "dough" for frying is ready.
  4. Heat the oil in a pan and start spreading the pancakes with a spoon. Press them on top with a spatula.
  5. Fry for 4 minutes on each side and serve immediately.

Eat with sour cream.

With the addition of mushrooms

Potato gingham with mushrooms is a favorite dish of residents of Western Ukraine. They put mushrooms in almost all of their dishes, and potato pancakes were no exception.

What is needed:

  • potatoes - 700 g;
  • mushrooms (champignons, ceps, chanterelles - to choose from) - 300 g;
  • bow 1 large head;
  • flour up to 2 tablespoons (how many will take);
  • egg;
  • spice.

Cooking:

  1. First, we will cook mushrooms. Finely chop the onion, then the mushrooms and send them to a preheated pan with butter. Salt and fry until water evaporates.
  2. Now cook the potatoes. We clean it and rub it on a medium grater.
  3. We drive in the egg, salt, add spices and mix everything.
  4. Pour in the fried mushrooms, flour and mix again.
  5. Now we start to fry. We put potato pancakes on a hot pan with a spoon and squeeze it on top so that they are flat.
  6. We wait until they get a golden color and remove. 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-calorie. To taste, this version of potato pancakes resembles whitewash. Another name for this dish is sorcerers.

More materials:potato sorcerers with minced meat - recipe

Products:

  • 300 g minced meat;
  • 8 potatoes;
  • 1 onion;
  • eggs - 2 pieces;
  • flour 2 tablespoons;
  • spices and butter to fry.

Cooking:

  1. Peel and grate the potatoes on the fine side of the grater. If you have a combine, use the nozzle for potato pancakes.
  2. Add eggs, flour, salt and mix in the potato.
  3. Add the minced meat and add chopped onion to it. Knead so that everything is evenly distributed.
  4. In the meantime, we should warm up the pan with oil.
  5. Now for the fun part: put 1.5 tbsp in the pan. composition, on top a small tortilla of minced meat, cover with a potato layer.
  6. Fry until golden brown, and when we turn it over, leave it on moderate heat under the lid for 5-6 minutes.
  7. Put ready-made pancakes on a paper towel to remove excess fat.
  8. Serve warm.

Egg-free recipe

Who will benefit from this recipe? Perhaps those who fast. Vegetarians are also happy to use the recipe for potato pancakes without eggs.

Ingredients:

  • 8 large potatoes;
  • optionally carrots;
  • flour 3 tablespoons;
  • spice;
  • frying oil.

How to cook?

  1. Prepare vegetables: rinse, peel.
  2. Three potatoes on a fine grater, salt and let stand for 10 minutes to let the juice come out.
  3. Grate the carrots and add to the potatoes.
  4. Add flour, favorite spices and knead everything well.
  5. Now we need to warm the pan with oil well. If the oil sizzles, you can cook.
  6. Fry potato pancakes on both sides until golden.
  7. Repeat until you run out of mixture.
  8. Make sure that they are not high, otherwise there is a risk that the potato pancakes will not fry.
  9. Serve fasting with lean mayonnaise. If desired with garlic.

With cheese in the oven

Potato pancakes in the oven are less greasy, which means that they are healthier and can be eaten by people who suffer from stomach diseases. And the fact that these pancakes are cooked 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;
  • spice.

Cooking:

  1. Rub the cheese on a coarse grater.
  2. Then chop the garlic.
  3. Rub the potatoes on a coarse grater and fill it with cold water. Let it stand for a bit, and then squeeze it and transfer it to the container.
  4. Mix cheese, potatoes, eggs, butter, garlic and all spices.
  5. Lubricate the parchment a little with oil and spread with a thin layer of draniki.
  6. At 20 ° C, bake for about 20 minutes. Bon Appetit!

Lenten pancakes

The composition of the components:

  • 1 kg of potatoes;
  • 2 onions;
  • flour 2 tablespoons;
  • spice;
  • butter to fry.

Cooking:

  1. Peel the potato and three on a grater. Squeeze the juice.
  2. If possible, grate the onion and add to the potatoes. Send flour there, mix all the spices.
  3. We put draniki portioned on a hot frying pan and press them on top so that they are flat.
  4. Fry for 3 minutes on each side so that they are golden.
  5. Then hold them on a paper towel so that the fat leaves.

From potatoes and zucchini

Potato pancakes from zucchini and potatoes are a dish of June-July months. In the summer, when the vegetables are young, they can be used in any dish. But the potatoes must be old.

What is necessary?

  • a pound of zucchini;
  • a pound of potatoes;
  • one onion head;
  • one egg;
  • flour about 2 tablespoons;
  • spices and butter.

We start to cook:

  1. Wash vegetables, peel and remove seeds.
  2. On a coarse grater, first grate the potatoes, then the zucchini and onions.If you get a lot of juice, then it should be squeezed.
  3. Into this mixture we introduce the remaining ingredients: egg, flour, spices.
  4. Fry in a hot pan for 3 minutes on each side.
  5. Stir the mixture constantly in a bowl before each serving for frying.
  6. Serve with sour cream or mayonnaise.

With green onions

Green onions add a touch of summer to classic potato pancakes. 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 butter.

Cooking:

  1. Three potatoes on a grater, which you consider necessary. Many people love it on small cells.
  2. In the "dough" add the egg, flour and salt everything. Mix well and add chopped green onions.
  3. If a lot of liquid is released, drain.
  4. Now you can fry. Heat a frying pan with oil and put portioned pancakes on it.
  5. Fry until golden brown for 3-4 minutes on each side.

Serve warm.

Flour-free diet potato pancakes

There are many reasons for eating dietary pancakes. Perhaps someone carefully monitors his figure and does not want to eat extra pounds. Other diet foods are indicated for health reasons. In any case, this recipe will be useful to absolutely everyone.

Products for the preparation of dietary pancakes:

  • a pound of potatoes;
  • sour cream 2 large spoons;
  • oil 50 ml;
  • egg;
  • spice.

Cooking:

  1. We clean the potatoes, wash them and three on a grater. You do not need to squeeze the juice.
  2. Introduce the egg and sour cream into the potatoes.
  3. Salt, pepper and knead thoroughly.
  4. Now put the draniki in portions on a hot frying pan and squeeze on top to make them flat.
  5. Fry for 2 minutes on each side until golden brown.
  6. Repeat the action until the whole portion of potato dough is over.

And at the end we present some secrets for making perfect pancakes:

  • Potato for pancakes must be old. Young - overly starchy, which prevents the products from keeping in shape.
  • It is not necessary to rub the potatoes by hand. Progress is moving forward and now this work can be done by blenders, combines, meat grinders.
  • Do not put a lot of flour. This can turn them into "rubber" pancakes.
  • In addition to the classics of salt and pepper, dilute pancakes with various seasonings. Garlic - perfect.
  • You need to fry only in the most hot pan. If the dishes are just warm, then your potato pancakes will look like steamed potato patties. Oil should also be enough. Many people prefer to fry in lard or ghee and sunflower oil at the same time.

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