It is almost impossible to present Belarusian cuisine without potatoes and the variety of dishes prepared from it. One of these is draniki or deruny. The classic recipe for potato pancakes is potatoes and onions, of which low pancakes are formed in the crushed form and after the frying they are served hot, usually with sour cream or butter. Add diversity to this classic recipe by adding various vegetables, mushrooms and herbs.
There are several ways to grind ingredients for draniki. Traditionally, they are rubbed on a large, medium or small grater. Here it should be remembered that onions prevent the blackening of potatoes, so rubbing potatoes in small portions should immediately mix it with onions. In modern conditions, these actions are increasingly being simplified with the help of a meat grinder, a blender or a food processor.
Some of the most popular recipes for cooking delicious potato pancakes with onions today are in our article.
Recipe for classic draniks with potatoes and onions
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 650 g;
- onions - 200 g;
- egg - 1 piece;
- wheat flour - 35 g;
- vegetable oil;
- salt and pepper;
- sour cream and greens .
Preparation
Rinsed and peeled potatoes and onions are comminuted in any convenient way, add egg, salt, pepper and flour and mix thoroughly. The resulting mass is spread out with a spoon on a heated frying pan with a thick bottom and fry in refined oil to a ruddy light brown color.
Draniki with potatoes, mushrooms and onions
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 750 g;
- mushrooms - 325 g;
- onion - 175 g;
- egg - 2 pieces;
- Wheat flour - about 2-3 tbsp. spoons;
- vegetable oil;
- salt and pepper;
- sour cream and greens.
Preparation
Rinse and dried mushrooms and onion as small as possible cut and fry in a pan with vegetable refined oil until the juices evaporate and lightly brown. Let's cool down.
Potatoes are cleaned, rubbed on a large or medium grater, mixed with eggs, salt, pepper and mushroom fry. Add flour, mix well and fry like fritters on vegetable refined oil on both sides.
Serve still hot with fresh sour cream and chopped greens.
Draniki with potatoes, carrots and onions
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 600 g;
- carrots - 400 g;
- onion - 155 g;
- egg - 1 piece;
- Wheat flour - about 1-2 tbsp. spoons;
- vegetable oil;
- salt and pepper;
- sour cream and greens.
Preparation
We rub the peeled potatoes, carrots and onions on a grater or grind them in a blender. We add egg, pepper, salt and flour and mix thoroughly. On a heated frying pan with refined vegetable oil, put a tablespoon of carrot-carrot weight and fry like the usual fritters from two sides to a beautiful blush. Spread on a napkin or paper towel and let a little absorb the excess fat.
Still hot pancakes with carrots and onions are served, seasoned with sour cream and sprinkled, if desired, with greens.
Pancakes with green onions with garlic sauce
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 350 g;
- feathers of green onions - 5 pcs .;
- egg - 1 piece;
- ready-made horseradish - 10 g;
- vegetable oil;
- salt and pepper;
For sauce:
- sour cream - 100 g;
- garlic - 2 large denticles;
- fresh parsley - 3 sprigs;
- salt.
Preparation
Washed and peeled potatoes rubbed on a grater, large or medium, and squeeze the juice.
Add finely chopped green onions, beaten egg, horseradish, salt and pepper to taste. Now from the received weight a spoon we form flat cakes and we spread on a frying pan heated with vegetable refined oil and we fry on average fire from two parties to ruddy beauty.
We serve aromatic pancakes, seasoning with sauce, which is prepared from sour cream with the addition of extruded garlic and parsley.