One of the most satisfying and healthy vegetables is potatoes. In Russia it has been very popular since the time of Peter the Great. After all, potato dishes can satisfy your hunger for a long time. In addition, you can make delicious soups, salads, hot dishes and pies from this vegetable. Experienced housewives know many recipes for potato dishes. Do you want to prepare a delicious and nutritious breakfast in a minimal amount of time? We recommend making classic potato pancakes with garlic (the recipe will be discussed below).
Potato pancakes according to the classic recipe in a frying pan
Ingredients:
- Potatoes – 800 gr.
- Egg – 1 pc.
- Flour – 3 tbsp. spoons
- Onions – 2 pcs. (average)
- Vegetable oil - for frying
- Salt - a pinch
- Pepper - to taste
- Dill, optional - 1 bunch.
Cooking method:
1. Peel the main ingredient, rinse thoroughly under running water and grate on a fine grater. If juice appears, drain it if necessary.
Tip: We take potatoes that are boiled soft.
2. Peel the onion and grate it using a fine grater (but you can use a blender for speed). Add the ingredients to the potatoes and mix everything thoroughly.
3. Add salt and pepper to taste, then beat in the egg and stir everything.
4. Wash the dill under running water, dry it a little and finely chop it.
5. Add greens to the remaining ingredients.
6. Then add the sifted flour and mix everything well.
7. Turn on the stove, heat the frying pan, pour a little oil and spoon over the resulting dough. When we place them, we try to ensure that they are of the same thickness so that they cook evenly.
8. The frying pan is heated, turn the heat down to medium heat and fry our potato pancakes.
9. When you see that they are turning golden at the edges, we begin to turn them over.
Tip: If you want the hash browns to be crispy when frying the other side, cover the pan with a lid.
10. Our pancakes are fried on both sides, put on a plate and serve with sour cream. Bon appetit.
Required Ingredients
The most delicious potato pancakes are made with the addition of garlic. They are much softer and fluffier than regular ones. And the amazing aroma can whet your appetite, even if you have just eaten. They are very easy to prepare and will only take you a little time. So, according to the recipe for classic potato pancakes with garlic, you will need the following products.
- Potatoes - 5 pcs. If you take a small vegetable, it is better to take 8 tubers.
- Eggs - 3 pcs. It is best to use chicken ones, but if you like quail ones, you can use them.
- Flour - 1 tbsp. l. It is necessary to take a wheat variety. No need to sift.
- Sour cream - 1 tbsp. l. With it, the potato pancakes will turn out more tasty and tender.
- Garlic - 1 clove. It is this that gives potato pancakes a piquant taste and intoxicating aroma.
- Vegetable oil - 1 tsp. You will need to grease the frying pan to prevent the potato pancakes from burning.
- Salt and pepper - to taste. You can do without these ingredients.
Potato pancakes with garlic
The recipe is simple and quick, no flour is added here, you can add starch. This dish is served with sour cream or mayonnaise.
Ingredients:
- Potatoes – 3 pcs.
- Onions – 150 gr.
- Salt – ½ teaspoon
- Ground black pepper - to taste
- Vegetable oil – 100 – 120 ml.
- Garlic – 1 head
- Yield: 9 potato pancakes
Cooking method:
1. Peel the potatoes, rinse them under running water, cut them into several parts.
2. Peel the onion and garlic and cut into small pieces.
3. Grind the potatoes and onions into puree using a blender (this will take less time and is safer for your hands, but you can use a grater for this procedure).
4. Then place it on a sieve to strain out the liquid.
5. Add salt and pepper to taste and mix thoroughly (you can add spices if desired).
6. Turn on the stove, put on a frying pan, pour in vegetable oil and heat it up.
7. Place the resulting mass on a hot frying pan and fry on both sides until golden brown.
8. Place the finished flatbreads on paper towels to remove excess oil.
9. Place the prepared dish on a plate and delight your family and friends with the delicious taste.
Belarusian pancakes with minced meat (sorcerers)
A meat version of the dish to which you can add any minced meat: beef, pork, chicken. It turns out delicious if the product has added lard. Minced meat acts as a filling in this dish.
• 7 potatoes;
• 150 g minced meat;
• 1 small onion;
• 2-3 spoons of flour.
1. Take a bowl, place minced meat or chicken in it, add a pinch of salt and various spices to your taste.
2. Chop the onion finely and add to the minced meat. Stir.
3. Finely grate the potatoes, add 0.3 tsp to it. salt, break eggs, add flour. The dough must be thoroughly stirred with a spoon until smooth.
4. Heat the oil in a thick-bottomed frying pan. Set the heat to moderate, otherwise the potato pancakes will not bake.
5. Spoon into thin potato cakes.
6. Immediately place some minced meat filling on them.
7. Cover the top of the filling with potato mixture; the minced meat should not show through.
8. As soon as the sorcerers are browned, they need to be turned over to the other side and brought to full readiness. If you are in doubt about whether it is baked, cover the pan with a lid for a few minutes.
Delicious potato pancakes with garlic and flour according to the classic recipe
Ingredients:
- Potatoes – 1 kg.
- Onions – 1 pc.
- Garlic – 2-3 cloves
- Egg – 1 pc.
- Flour – 2 tbsp. spoons
- Sunflower oil - for frying
- Salt - to taste
- Spices - to taste
Cooking method:
1. Peel the potatoes, rinse under running water, and dry a little. Grate on a medium, coarse or fine grater (this is at your discretion).
2. Immediately into the container, grate the peeled onion.
3. Peel the garlic and pass it through a press, immediately beat in the egg. Mix everything thoroughly.
4. Add salt and any spices of your choice to taste, add 2 tbsp. spoons of flour, mix well.
5. Our mixture is ready for frying. Turn on the stove, place a frying pan, and heat the sunflower oil on it.
6. Place pancakes on a heated frying pan in small portions, pressing slightly onto the surface of the frying pan.
Tip: While the potato pancakes are frying, you can prepare a garlic sauce from sour cream, dill and garlic. Press the garlic through the skull, chop the dill finely, mix all the ingredients in one plate, season with sour cream, add salt to taste, mix everything thoroughly.
7. As soon as our potato pancakes are browned on the sides, we begin to turn them over.
8. Fry on both sides, place on a plate and serve with garlic sauce. Bon appetit.
Belarusian pancakes with eggs and carrots
A more familiar version of Belarusian potato pancakes. An egg is used to hold the mass together; carrots are added for taste and a beautiful color.
• 6 potatoes;
• 1 carrot;
• 1 onion;
• 2-3 tablespoons of flour;
1. Vegetables need to be peeled.
2. Grate potatoes and carrots finely. Add chopped onion.
3. Break an egg into the dough, add flour and spices. Let's look at the density. If the potatoes are juicy and the mixture is liquid, you can add a little more flour.
4. Place potato pancakes in a heated frying pan with oil and fry until done.
How to cook potato pancakes with meat and potatoes
If you like to experiment, you can add grated cheese to taste.
Ingredients:
- Potatoes – 700 gr.
- Onions – 1 pc.
- Chicken eggs – 2 pcs.
- Wheat flour – 2 tbsp. spoons
- Minced meat – 200 gr.
- Salt - to taste
- Ground black pepper - to taste
- Vegetable oil for frying.
Cooking method:
1. Choose any minced meat at your discretion, salt and pepper it.
2. Peel the onion and finely chop it. Add it to the minced meat and
mix thoroughly until smooth. Tip: if you add 1-2 tbsp. spoons of cream, this will make the minced meat juicy.
3. Peel the potatoes, wash them thoroughly and grate them on a fine grater, squeeze out the excess from the resulting mass, and beat 2 chicken eggs.
4. Add flour, salt and mix everything thoroughly.
Tip: if you add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sour cream, it will prevent the potatoes from darkening.
5. For frying, use a frying pan with a thick bottom, pour vegetable oil into it, put it on high heat and wait until it gets hot.
6. Place the resulting mass in a frying pan and level it out.
7. When the potato pancakes are browned, we begin to place the minced meat on top, leaving the edges a little free.
8. Place another layer of potato mixture on top to seal the minced meat inside, then turn it over. Fry until cooked, then put on a plate and serve with sour cream and mayonnaise. Bon appetit.
Belarusian potato pancakes - general principles of preparation
The potatoes for the dish are peeled and grated. Usually a fine grater is used. But for taste and cohesion of the mass, sometimes some of the tubers are turned into large chips. Potato starch binds the mass, but sometimes it is not enough. That's why many recipes contain chicken eggs.
What else is put into the potato mass:
• garlic, onions, carrots;
Scoop the resulting dough with a large spoon, place it in a frying pan with heated oil, and fry until golden brown. Readiness is determined by the edges of the cakes. Once they turn brown, it's time to turn the hash browns over or remove them.
Very popular in Belarus are sorcerers - potato pancakes with filling. Potato pancakes of this type are prepared with minced meat, mushrooms, and vegetables. The dish is also fried in a frying pan; the product is formed during the process immediately on a hot surface. Below are recipes for Belarusian sorcerers with minced meat and mushrooms.
Belarusian pancakes with soda and sour cream
A recipe for delicious pancakes, which are very similar to pancakes. Sour cream is added to the dough and more flour is added. Many people like this particular version of the dish, since it can be used not only fresh, but also tolerates heating well.
• 5 potatoes;
• 50 g sour cream;
• 0.3 tsp. soda;
• 5 spoons of flour;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• herbs, spices.
1. Beat the sour cream and soda with a fork and let the powder react. Add eggs and salt, stir.
2. Grate the peeled potatoes very finely and combine with the main mass.
3. Add flour, squeeze out a clove of garlic, pepper, stir.
4. Place pancakes in hot oil, cook pancakes on one side until nicely crusted.
5. Turn over, cover with a lid, bake the potato dish until done.
6. These pancakes are served simply with sour cream, you can add herbs and fresh garlic, you get a flavorful sauce.
Belarusian pancakes with cheese and garlic
For this potato dish you will need some hard cheese. The product will give potato pancakes not only a special taste, but also a very beautiful crust.
• 8 potatoes;
• 100 g cheese;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 3 spoons of flour;
• oil, spices.
1. Peel the potatoes, do the same with the onion.
2. Grind the vegetables on a grater. You can pass the tubers and onions through a meat grinder.
3. Break the eggs, add chopped garlic, add salt and pepper. Stir the mixture.
4. Add finely grated cheese. Do not pour the product all at once, add it gradually so that it does not clump.
5. Fry ordinary potato pancakes in oil. Serve golden brown potato pancakes with sour cream.
Belarusian potato pancakes with mushrooms
Another version of potato pancakes with filling. Forest mushrooms are used for minced meat. The recipe indicates the amount of boiled product.
• 1.2 kg of potatoes;
• 180 g boiled mushrooms;
• 2 onions;
• 2 spoons of sour cream;
• 3-4 tablespoons of flour;
• 150 ml oil.
1. Prepare the filling immediately. To do this, lightly fry the chopped onions in a frying pan, add the chopped mushrooms. Cook until the water has completely evaporated. Then add the spices, brown for a minute on maximum heat, and leave the minced meat to cool.
2. Clean the tubers. Grate on the finest grater.
3. Add spices, sour cream and flour to the potatoes, break the eggs. Stir. It’s better not to add all the flour at once, check the consistency. You may need to sprinkle more as the potatoes release their juices.
4. Place the pancakes in hot oil, then the mushroom mince and cover again with potato dough.
5. Fry the mushroom sorcerers until they have a nice crust and the potatoes are ready. Serve with sour cream.
