Draniki is a simple, but very tasty and nutritious dish, originally appeared in the Belarusian culinary tradition. Currently, pancakes are being prepared all over the world in various interpretations. Draniki are good for breakfast, lunch, lunch and dinner. You can take them with you and on a picnic - this dish is convenient to eat without a plate and even a fork.
There are many interesting recipes for cooking pancakes. We offer some of them.
Potato pancakes
Ingredients:
- 5-7 medium-sized potatoes
- 1-2 fresh chicken eggs
- 1 onion
- 4-5 tablespoons flour
- salt
- some sunflower oil
- a small slice of lard
- sour cream (optional).
Preparation:
First we will clear potatoes, we will rub it on a grater (a part on large, a part - on medium-shallow for reception of the mixed texture). Purified onions also need to be crushed as much as possible. You can use a meat grinder or combine harvester - it's very convenient. For 3-4 minutes we throw away the rubbed on the colander, in order to squeeze out excess juice, if necessary. Move the potatoes and onion into a bowl, add eggs, flour, a little bit of sunflower oil, so they do not stick. Prisalivaem and carefully mix (you can mixer, draniki will be more airy and gentle). You can by the mood and if you want to experiment with various dry seasonings, but delicious and without them.
When all the ingredients are mixed, put the frying pan on the fire and abundantly grease it with lard already hot. Carefully form the pancakes right on a hot frying pan with a tablespoon. Fry them on medium-low heat, then turn over the spatula. Ruddy, warm or cool, draniki served well with sour cream, with a hot broth, tea.
Dranicks in the oven
If you have enough patience, you do not like fried or sit on a diet, you can cook pancakes in the oven. To do this, grease the baking sheet with melted fat or butter and make a table spoon of pancakes, spreading them at a distance of 5-7 cm from each other. Put the baking tray in the oven and cook the pancakes for 30 minutes over medium heat. Then you can sprinkle pancakes with grated cheese and put in the oven to sink at medium-low temperature for another 20-30 minutes.
Pizza shakers
You can cook squash potatoes - it's also very tasty. In addition, zucchini contain more useful fiber and less carbohydrates than potatoes.
Ingredients:
- 2 medium zucchini (young)
- 1-2 eggs
- 5-8 tablespoons of wheat flour
- 2-4 tablespoons of sunflower oil
- a small slice of lard
- salt
- dry spices to taste.
Preparation:
Zucchini squash, one on a large grater and one - on the middle (you can use a combine). To the grated zucchini add flour, eggs, vegetable oil. Slightly add, add the spices and mix (you can mixer). We will fry on medium heat in a heated frying pan, abundantly greased with bacon. Brush up to a golden-brown shade and turn the spatula on the other side. Squash pancakes are served well with sour cream or sour-garlic sauce.
Draniki with chicken
You can prepare and draniki with stuffing - for example, with chicken.
Ingredients:
- 300-400 g chicken fillet
- 400-500 g of potatoes
- 2 eggs
- 5 tablespoons flour
- salt
- spice.
Preparation:
We peeled the peeled potatoes on a grater, the fillets are cut very finely (you can use a chopper). All the ingredients are mixed. Heat the frying pan profusely grease. We form the draniki with a spoon and fry them from both sides to a golden brown
You can cook pancakes with meat and even fish minced meat. At the same time, it is possible to form a flat pancake from a vegetable dough directly on a heated frying pan, then apply a piece of minced meat to the center with a spoon, and then top with another layer of vegetable dough, press down with a spatula and fry on both sides.
Sauce for draniki is best served with sour-garlic. Although options are possible, for example, garlic-butter sauce without sour cream or garlic-cream sauce. Perfectly combine draniki with other sauces: tkemali, satsibeli, tartar or simply with homemade mayonnaise.