potato latkes for dummies

happy chick

Tue, Dec 16 2014, 7:25 pm

apparently, potato latkes are more of an art than I thought. I grated 4 potatoes, about hf an onion, an egg, half a zuchinni and half a carrot. fried in a little bit of oil in a non-stick frying pan. they didnt taste bad, they were actually pretty good. but they did come out a little flat and wobbly. what did I do wrong?

amother

Tue, Dec 16 2014, 7:36 pm

Did u squeeze out the extra liquid from the batter? If there's too much liquid it can cause the latkes to come out deformed. Try taking a handful of batter in ur hands and squeezing it out really well so that its able to be formed in ur hands.

lkwdlady

Tue, Dec 16 2014, 9:31 pm

you need another egg and you can omit the squash and carrot. When you fry, use a lot of oil and a high flame and it will be fine. They will taste crisp ... just the way you want a potato latke to taste. I don't think you can cut back on the oil for frying latkes even though I generally don't use much oil during the yr. (it's chanuka!) The oil and high flame will make it come out like latkes. I never drain or use matzah meal ...it's 1 egg to 2 potatoes for latkes and that ratio will hold it all together.