Potato dishes are a hit in any kitchen, but what is there in any kitchen, in any country in the world! One of the most famous dishes is Belarusian potato pancakes. They are made from grated potatoes, but then each housewife has her own options for the number of eggs, flour, seasonings … How to add spice, how to make potato pancakes delicious, we have collected some tips:
- For potato pancakes, only old potatoes are suitable, in a young one there is not enough starch and pancakes will simply crumble in a pan;
- If the potato mass turned out to be too liquid, squeeze the juice, the pancakes will turn out to be drier, but still tasty;
- Do not rash a lot of flour, it will spoil the taste of the pancakes;
- For a more interesting taste, you can add greens, fried onions, various spices;
- Some housewives, often instead of grated potatoes, make mashed potatoes and, adding flour, prepare a soft dough. From the resulting mass, pancakes are made by frying them in sunflower oil.
our country pancakes with cottage cheese
You will need: 1 kg of potatoes, 300 grams of granular cottage cheese, two eggs, one onion, vegetable oil, spices and salt to taste. Peel and chop raw potatoes with a blender or grate them on a fine grater, add chopped onions, mix and squeeze out excess juice. Add eggs, cottage cheese, salt to the mass, season with spices, mix. Spread the dough with a tablespoon in a skillet with butter and fry on both sides until golden brown.