Russian
Draniki (Potato Pancakes)
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Draniki (Potato Pancakes) is Russian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Grate the potatoes and onion coarsely and squeeze out as much liquid as possible.
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Mix in the egg, flour, salt, and pepper until just combined.
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Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat and drop in spoonfuls of batter, flattening slightly.
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Fry 3 minutes per side until deeply golden and crisp at the edges.
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Drain briefly and serve hot with sour cream.
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Serve it with
A Russian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Draniki (Potato Pancakes), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Draniki (Potato Pancakes) carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Gorohovyi Sup (Split Pea Soup with Smoked Sausage) |
| Gluten | Yes | Boiled Potatoes with Dill and Butter |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Baked Chicken with Potatoes |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 450 kcal
- Protein
- 7 g
- Carbs
- 58 g
- Fat
- 21 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 580 mg
- Saturated fat
- 4 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Draniki (Potato Pancakes) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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