We are told about potatoes even in history class. So important is this vegetable in human life. However, initially potatoes were not treated very positively. In Europe, this vegetable was not used until the XIX century, although it was brought to the mainland at the time of the discovery of America.
Why was there such a strong dislike for potatoes? The
fact is that peasants and ordinary farmers did not know how to properly use and cook potatoes. In addition, there were traditional analogs of this vegetable in our country. Peasant families ate rutabaga and turnip, they were not going to switch to the new-fashioned potato
. At one point, this vegetable was imposed on people by the nobility
. Now it is difficult for us to imagine life without this vegetable. In addition, there are hundreds of budget options for cooking it. We will show one of the hearty variants of draniki.
Ingredients for pancakes:
- onions – pcs;
- mayonnaise – 3 tsp;
- potatoes – 6 pcs;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- eggs – 3 pcs;
- cheese – 100 g;
- flour – 3 tbsp.
Preparation of draniki:
A couple of eggs need to be hard-boiled, pre-cooled and peeled. Onion cut into quarter rings, peeled potatoes coarsely grated
. Combine potatoes and onions, break an egg into the mass, add salt and ground black pepper to taste. Mix the potato mixture thoroughly, sift flour into it, knead a kind of dough. Grind
boiled eggs and cheese on a fine grater, combine them with mayonnaise and mix together. Integrate into the mixture pressed garlic cloves.
Form the potato dough into small tortillas. Fry the draaniki in a frying pan with vegetable oil, on both sides until golden crust.
When one side is fried, you can put the cheese mixture on it. Cover the skillet with a lid, stew on low heat for 5 minutes.
Melted cheese in combination with fried potatoes give a delicious result.
If you sprinkle the draniki with herbs, it will become even more savory.
