What to add to potato pancakes so they don't darken: just one ingredient

Iryna MelnichenkoLS Food
Potato pancakes
Potato pancakes

The simplest, fastest to prepare and most delicious potato dish is pancakes. For an original taste, you can add spices and garlic to the potatoes. However, not only the taste of the dish is important, but also its appearance, because often potato pancakes darken and look gray.

Recipe for potato pancakes with onions

Cook Yulia told us on Instagram what to add to the dough for pancakes to make them a beautiful golden color.

Recipe for pancakes

Cook's tip: onion juice will prevent the potatoes from darkening, so chop the onion and add it to the grated potatoes and mix.

Onion

Ingredients for pancakes:

  • potatoes - 6-8 pcs.
Potatoes for pancakes
  • onion - 4 pcs.
Ingredients for the dough
  • garlic - 7 cloves
  • eggs - 2 pcs.
Spices for the dish
  • semolina - 3 tbsp. l.
  • flour - 5-6 tbsp.
  • sour cream - 2 tbsp.
Fatty sour cream
  • salt, pepper - to taste

Method of preparation:

1. Peel and grate the potatoes.

How to cook potato pancakes correctly

2. Cut the onion into small cubes and add to the potatoes immediately, mix well.

Potato pancakes with onion and garlic

3. Chop the garlic and add to the pancakes.

Raw garlic

4. Add semolina, eggs, salt, pepper and mix thoroughly.

Making pancakes

5. Heat a frying pan, add oil and fry the potato pancakes.

Ready pancakes

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