Latkes or Draniki is a Potato pancake in simple words. Fried Potato Pancakes, called Latkes in Yiddish and Levivot in Hebrew, are the most popular Hanukkah food. While traditional latkes are made from potatoes, today one can find many creative twists to the traditional latkes recipe. They include sweet potato, cauliflower, broccoli, leek, cheese and even tuna latkes.
Potato pancakes are shallow-fried pancakes of grated or ground potato, flour and egg, often flavored with grated onion or garlic and seasoning. Potato pancakes may be topped with a variety of condiments, ranging from the savory (such as sour cream or cottage cheese) to the sweet (such as apple sauce or sugar), or they may be served ungarnished. Potato pancakes are sometimes made from mashed potatoes to produce pancake-shaped croquettes. Potato pancakes are associated with cuisines of many European and Middle Eastern century-old traditions including Austrian, Belarusian (as draniki), Czech (as bramborák or cmunda), German (as Kartoffelpufferor Kartoffelpuffer), Hungarian (as tócsni and other names), Iranian, Jewish (as latkes or latkas, Latvian (as kartupeļu pankūkas), Lithuanian (as bulviniai blynai), Luxembourg (Gromperekichelcher), Polish (as placki ziemniaczane), Russian (as draniki, драники), Slovak (as nálečníky), Ukrainian (as deruny) and in Ireland as Boxty.
How I made them vegan or eggless but still tasty :).
Yields : 6 small or 4 big
Ingredients :
Potato : 1 raw, peeled and finely grated
Onion : 2 tbsp peeled and grated
Salt to taste
Refined flour : 1 tbsp
Oil spray : to cover the bottom of the pan.
For original recipe, check the link given above.
Method :
Combine all the ingredients together.
Heat an anodized heavy bottom pan or griddle and grease it liberally with oil spray or cooking oil. Take handful of mixture in hands and gently pat it down on the pan. It should be flattish in height.
Grill it on bother sides till crisp and done. It takes approximately 2 minutes on each side. Grill it on medium heat.
Enjoy it warm with Sourcream or apple sauce :).
celestedimilla
I’ve never had a latkes! Great recipe! 🙂
celestedimilla
I’ve never had a latkes! Great recipe! 🙂
Marina'sKitchen
I make mine and top them with sour cream, delicious!!!
Marina'sKitchen
I make mine and top them with sour cream, delicious!!!
Every Day Adventures in Asia
Will always be one of my ‘comfort foods’…. I’ve even served them to unsuspecting guests in Mumbai who go – “Hey this is pretty good!”
simplyvegetarian777
I know…this is pretty good 🙂
Every Day Adventures in Asia
Will always be one of my ‘comfort foods’…. I’ve even served them to unsuspecting guests in Mumbai who go – “Hey this is pretty good!”
simplyvegetarian777
I know…this is pretty good 🙂
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I was thinking of making latkes, will be making these for sure!
simplyvegetarian777
:). Dimple you will love these. I had mine with sour cream since I am not a big fan of apple sauce.
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Ooh sour cream! Now that would do me nicely x
simplyvegetarian777
🙂
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I was thinking of making latkes, will be making these for sure!
simplyvegetarian777
:). Dimple you will love these. I had mine with sour cream since I am not a big fan of apple sauce.
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Ooh sour cream! Now that would do me nicely x
simplyvegetarian777
🙂
bandhnabajaj
|It looks so yummy!!
xx
B
simplyvegetarian777
They are delish Bandana:)
bandhnabajaj
Does the potato get fully cooked? I’ve had a bad experience once with Rosti then after that I started par-boiling first. Refrigerating then grating. But such an effort that I just stopped making it!
simplyvegetarian777
Mine were fully cooked Bandhana. I used golden or new potato and grated them fine…russet sometimes is tough.
bandhnabajaj
|It looks so yummy!!
xx
B
simplyvegetarian777
They are delish Bandana:)
bandhnabajaj
Does the potato get fully cooked? I’ve had a bad experience once with Rosti then after that I started par-boiling first. Refrigerating then grating. But such an effort that I just stopped making it!
simplyvegetarian777
Mine were fully cooked Bandhana. I used golden or new potato and grated them fine…russet sometimes is tough.
aryana0821
looks wonderful and am sure taste great …thanks for sharing and happy thanksgiving 🙂
simplyvegetarian777
You too Amal 🙂
aryana0821
looks wonderful and am sure taste great …thanks for sharing and happy thanksgiving 🙂
simplyvegetarian777
You too Amal 🙂
Liz
Delicious recipe with great photos. Thanks for sharing!
simplyvegetarian777
Thanks Liz 🙂
Liz
Delicious recipe with great photos. Thanks for sharing!
simplyvegetarian777
Thanks Liz 🙂