Crispy on the edges and tender inside: how to make perfect potato pancakes - no need to add flour or eggs

29.03.2024 06:50

Contrary to popular belief, eggs and flour are not essential ingredients for potato pancakes.

Moreover, potato pancakes will turn out perfect if you refuse to add these products to the base of the dish.

The dish will be both soft and crunchy.

The expert of the online publication Belnovosti in the field of cooking, cook, fourth-class baker Yulia Arkhipova told how to make chic pancakes without flour and egg components.

Recipe for perfect pancakes

First, you need to grate one onion. The resulting gruel should be placed in a deep container.

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You should also add half a kilo of potatoes, grated with a fine grater.

The onion must be grated before the potatoes, otherwise the second vegetable will darken.

The resulting mixture should be freed from excess moisture.

Next, you need to add a little salt (1/2 tsp) to the mixture and mix it well. This will complete the preparation of the base for the potato pancakes.

All that remains is to fry the potato pancakes. The fire should be medium. The main sign of readiness of the potato pancakes is the appearance of a golden brown color on both sides.

Due to the absence of flour, the dish will be tender on the inside and crispy on the outside.

An ingredient that prevents pancakes from sticking to the pan was previously named.

Kurchev Anton Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief

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