It is difficult to find another such national cuisine as Belarusian, in which there would be so many all kinds of potato dishes. Belarusian potato pancakes are especially popular all over the world. There are several recipes for their preparation, but in any case, if you know certain secrets, you will get a successful result.
Cooking Features
If draniki look gray or even greenish, it will not be as pleasant to eat them as gentle, covered with a light golden crust. To make potato pancakes not only tasty, but also appetizing, you need to know a few subtleties:
- Among the varieties of potatoes grown on Belarusian soil, those with high starch content prevail. These are the ones that should be chosen if you want to make pancakes according to the traditional Belarusian recipe.
- New potatoes for pancakes are not suitable, as they contain little starch.
- To make the dough for the pancakes get the right consistency even without adding flour, the potato juice is drained. However, it should not be drained immediately, but after it has settled and the starch has settled to the bottom.
- If necessary, thicken the dough most often use flour or starch. It is preferable to give preference to starch, since, due to the high flour content, pancakes can turn out to be tough.
- Belarusians often use an egg as a binder.
- To make the pancakes turn red-faced, fry them in a hot frying pan. In this case, oil can not be sorry, otherwise the result may not meet your expectations.
- To keep the potatoes dark, the potato mass is mixed with chopped onions.
- It is recommended to grind potatoes on a grater, on its side, where there are round holes with sharp edges.
The technology of preparation of Belarusian pancakes can vary depending on the recipe, but the general principles remain unbreakable.
Traditional recipe of Belarusian pancakes
Composition:
- potatoes - 1 kg;
- onions - 100 g;
- flour or starch (optional) - 20 g;
- salt, black pepper - to taste;
- vegetable oil - how much will leave.
Method of preparation:
- Peel the onion and chop it in a blender. In the absence of a blender, the bulb can be turned through a meat grinder or simply grated.
- Peel the potatoes, wash and dry the tubers with napkins. Finely rub. Immediately mix with onion mass.
- Salt the vegetable mixture, so that the vegetables would rather give away the extra juice. Let them stand for 5-10 minutes and carefully drain the excess liquid.
- If you are not sure that you have a sufficiently starchy potato variety, add a little flour or starch, mix thoroughly so that there are no lumps left. At the same stage, the mixture for pancakes can also be peppered.
- Heat vegetable oil in a pan. Spoon the dough for the pancakes on a small distance from each other.
- Fry over medium heat until the edges of the pancakes have a golden color. Turn the pancakes and fry until cooked.
- Remove the pancakes from the pan and place on a napkin that will absorb excess fat.
Following the tradition, the Belarusian pancakes should be served with sour cream.
Classic Belarusian pancakes with egg and carrots
Composition:
- potatoes - 1 kg;
- bulb onion - 100 g;
- carrots - 100 g;
- chicken egg - 2 pcs .;
- wheat flour - 35 g;
- salt, spices - to taste;
- vegetable oil - how much will leave.
Method of preparation:
- Clean, wash the potatoes. Dry it with a towel and grate finely.
- Grind grated peeled onions and carrots, mix with potatoes. For chopping vegetables it is better to use a grater with small holes. If you wish, you can resort to using kitchen appliances.
- Squeeze the juice from the vegetable mass, placing it in folded gauze.
- Add whipped eggs and flour to vegetables. Stir until smooth.
- Fry on both sides in a hot frying pan in a large amount of oil.
Potato pancakes prepared according to this recipe are vivid and appetizing. They are combined with tender sour cream as well as possible. And if you sprinkle them with chopped greens, they will become even more attractive.
Belarusian pancakes with minced meat (sorcerers)
Composition:
- potatoes - 1 kg;
- minced pork or chicken - 0, 2 kg;
- chicken egg - 2 pcs .;
- onions - 75 g;
- flour - 50 g;
- salt, black pepper - to taste;
- vegetable oil - how much will leave.
Method of preparation:
- Peeled and dried napkins chop potatoes grated.
- Grate the onion, combine it with potatoes.
- Lightly salted vegetables. After 5 minutes, squeeze it through gauze folded in several layers to remove excess liquid.
- Add eggs and flour to vegetable mass, mix thoroughly.
- Pepper and salt the minced meat, make small cakes out of it. For stuffing, you can use poultry or pork, but not beef, as it may not have time to bake.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan. Spoon the potato mass on top of each one, put on the meat cake, cover with another spoon of potato dough.
- Cover the pan with a lid. Roast, periodically turning, for 15 minutes.
Belarusian sorcerers are served, like ordinary potato pancakes, with sour cream. However, this dish option is more satisfying. Such pancakes are especially popular with men.
Recipe for Belarusian pancakes from Lukashenko
Composition:
- potatoes - 1, 5 kg;
- onions - 100 g;
- chicken egg - 1 pc .;
- wheat flour - 20 g;
- sour cream - 20 ml;
- soda - a pinch;
- salt - to taste;
- vegetable oil - how much will leave.
Method of preparation:
- Peeled potatoes finely rub. Drop in a colander and squeeze.
- Grate the onion and mix with the potatoes.
- Add the egg and flour, mix thoroughly.
- Salt and stir again.
- In a sour cream pour a large pinch of soda, stir. Wait 5 minutes and mix the sour cream with the potato mass.
- Fry the pancakes in vegetable oil until an appetizing golden crust is formed.
President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko shared this recipe in one of the TV shows. Mistresses who tried the recipe, argued that such potato pancakes come out tender and very appetizing.
Belarusian potato pancakes are one of the most simple and inexpensive dishes. However, fans of this dish is not less than that of expensive delicacies. So if you have not tried to fry potato pancakes according to the Belarusian recipe, you should definitely do it.
