To learn how to make potato pancakes correctly, you need to read many recipes, try to cook them and feel the difference. Real Belarusian potato pancakes are prepared only from potatoes without the addition of flour and various fillers like mushrooms, meat or ham. If you cook this dish for a long time and often, you will certainly begin to know how to make potato pancakes .
For potato pancakes, not all potatoes can be used in a row, since the taste of these fritters directly depends on the variety, place of growth and freshness of the root crop. Early ripening potatoes are not suitable for making potato pancakes. Freshly picked is also not very suitable for these purposes, it turns out better if he previously lay down for a couple of months. Yellow potato pancakes are very tasty. To understand whether potatoes are suitable for potato pancakes, you need to cook a small amount and everything will become clear.
How to make potato pancakes
First you need to peel the potatoes - at this stage there are no special difficulties.
Then we grind on the smallest grater, which is similar to a piece of iron with nails driven in and then taken out. The process is pretty tedious, but the result is worth it.
If you need to cook a lot of potato pancakes, then you can cut the potatoes into 2 cm cubes, and then chop in a combine to a state of porridge.
The following processes are independent of the grinding method. To get rid of the juice, which makes the dough liquid and gives it a blue color, you need to throw the chopped potatoes onto a mesh colander and wait ten minutes. Excess juice drains and no longer needs to be squeezed so that potato pancakes do not become too dry. After the juice, the stack must be carefully drained and the starch settled on the bottom should be added to the dough.
About two pieces for ten potatoes will go to the dough. Potato mass, salt, starch and eggs. Knead well.
We need a pan with a thick bottom, preferably cast iron. Pancakes should be fried in vegetable oil, pour a lot of it. Put the dough into the pan with pancakes about a centimeter thick. We fry on a rather large fire, so that the pancakes turn out golden crust in a couple of minutes. Then turn over and fry.
How to make potato pancakes? Easy!
How to make potato pies
You can prepare pies with potatoes in many different ways, using different types of dough: yeast, puff, fresh, kefir. Cakes can be fried or baked. Their filling is united, for the preparation of which, as a rule, the potatoes are first boiled, and then they are pushed to a puree state and fried onions are added. The filling must be salt. You can add dill, pepper, green onion, egg, cheese, mushrooms, liver, nutmeg - but these are different options for stuffing with potatoes. It all depends on the preferences of who is going to cook such pies.
How to make dumplings with potatoes
Very simple, but there are tricks. First you need to knead the dough with three glasses of flour, a glass of water, a teaspoon of salt and half a teaspoon of soda. Do not be afraid that it turned out to be tight - wrap in a film and leave for half an hour.
Boil potatoes in a peel to preserve its spirit and nutrients.
At this time, fry the onion, chopped into small pieces, until transparent.
The finished potatoes must be peeled and crushed, add salt and a little more than half the onion.
Put a pot of water on the fire, add pepper, onion and lavrushka and you can sculpt dumplings.
Roll out the dough sausage, cut into small pieces and roll each. We put the finished filling and pinch.
Ready dumplings are dipped in boiling water and after they emerge, we reduce the fire.
Cook for about a minute, take it out, spread the remaining fried onions on top and eat with sour cream.