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Traditional Russian Potato Pancakes Recipe for Draniki or Deruny in Ukrainian. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Russian Potato Pancakes Recipe for Draniki to Celebrate Maslenitsa or Pancake Week

This Russian potato pancake recipe for draniki makes yet another kind of Russian pancake for you to cook for Maslenitsa or Pancake Week, which starts today, 8 March and runs until Sunday 14 March. Even if you’re not Russian, it’s as good an excuse as any to make pancakes.

If you liked my Russian pancakes recipe for blini in the style of French crêpes and my buckwheat pancakes recipe with smoked salmon, dill, sour cream, and a gherkin-radish caviar, then you should enjoy this Russian potato pancakes recipe for draniki or deruny in Ukrainian.

If you need an excuse to make pancakes, then the Eastern Orthodox festival of Maslenitsa, Pancake Week or Shrovetide starts today. Dating back to the 2nd century AD with its origin in pagan traditions, Maslenitsa marks the last week before Great Lent and the end of winter and start of spring.

Before I tell you about my Russian potato pancake recipe for draniki, I have a favour to ask. Grantourismo is reader-funded. If you make this recipe or any of my Russian dishes or other recipes and you like them, please consider supporting Grantourismo so we can continue to publish recipes and food stories.

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Now let me tell you about this classic Russian potato pancake recipe for draniki or deruny in Ukrainian.

Russian Potato Pancakes Recipe for Draniki to Celebrate Maslenitsa or Pancake Week

Russians love their pancakes or ‘blini’ – which is the plural; ‘blin’ is singular – and there are countless kinds of pancakes. I read that one Maslenitsa event in Moscow last year offered over 200 types of pancakes.

Next I’ll be making syrniki, cottage cheese pancakes made with tvorog or farmer’s cheese, and oladyi, which are small, thick, fluffy pancakes made with kefir.

While Covid-19 will be deterring most Russians from celebrating Maslenitsa this year, which generally involves much drinking, dance and song, many will flip pancakes at home tonight instead and they’ll have something to distract them from the pandemic while they do.

For the first time, Russians will get to watch a selection of short-listed performers on national broadcaster Channel One and then vote for the artist and song that will represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision is much loved in Russia and should bring some cheer to fans today.

And it’s International Women’s Day of course – a global day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, as much as to mark a call to action for accelerating women’s equality.

This year’s theme is #ChooseToChallenge – to challenge gender bias, stereotypes and inequality, and call them out whenever you see them to create a more inclusive world.

The idea being that “a challenged world is an alert world. And from challenge comes change”. And change is long overdue.

Tips to Making This Russian Potato Pancake Recipe

I only have a few tips for making this Russian potato pancakes recipe for draniki (in Russian) or deruny (in Ukrainian).

I mention that these are also made in Ukraine because every time I post a Russian recipe we hear from someone telling me it’s Ukrainian. Food travels, people.

This potato pancakes recipe is super easy – and it’s versatile, too.

You can finely grate the potato and onion and use more rather than less flour for a light pancake that’s similar in texture to a pikelet or the mini buckwheat blini I recently shared (link above).

Or you can grate larger pieces of potato, finely chop or slice your onion, and use less flour – just a few tablespoons – if you prefer more texture and crunch, and something more akin to a German kartoffelpuffer.

If you’ve never made potato pancakes before, do experiment.

I use a kitchen grater with a storage container attached, but you can use any grater – from a simple box grater to a food processor with a grating or shredding attachment.

Call me old-fashioned, but I like my potato pancakes to look home-made and rustic, and am happy just to spoon the mixture directly into a fry pan or skillet.

Terence prefers to use silicon egg rings, which will give you perfectly round discs.

Yes, Terence helped with my blini last week. If you’re a perfectionist like my husband, you might also like to try one of these non-stick pancake pans with moulds.

If you follow this Russian potato pancakes recipe to the gram, they will still result in a slightly crispy pancake on the outside, but you will need to serve them immediately as they will soften as they cool down.

So make sure that while the potato batter is resting, you use that time to pop some sour cream and fresh dill, spring onions/scallions and/or chives in bowls, so you’re ready to eat once they’re done.

Russian Potato Pancakes Recipe for Draniki

Traditional Russian Potato Pancakes Recipe for Draniki or Deruny in Ukrainian. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Russian Potato Pancakes Recipe for Draniki

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This Russian potato pancakes recipe for draniki in Russian or deruny in Ukrainian makes a delicious potato pancake that is crispy on the outside and soft within. The recipe is versatile: finely grate the potato and onion for a light pancake, or grate larger sized pieces for a crunchier pancake. Once ready, serve and eat immediately – before they get soft – with sour cream and fresh dill, spring onions/scallions and/or chives.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Course: Breakfast, snack, appetizer, side dish
Cuisine: Russian, Ukrainian
Servings: 24 Pieces
Calories: 35kcal
Author: Lara Dunston

Ingredients

  • 550 g potatoes
  • 100 g white onion
  • 1 egg
  • 200 g all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • Cooking oil
  • Sour cream

Instructions

  • Peel the potatoes and onion, then grate them. For a rough crunchier pancake exterior, go for larger-sized grated potato and onion pieces, but for a lighter finer pancake, opt for smaller grated pieces. Transfer to a mixing bowl.
  • Crack an egg into a separate dish, whisk until combined, then add it to the bowl, along with the salt and pepper, and combine the ingredients.
  • Gradually add the flour to the mixing bowl, and combine the ingredients well. The batter should be thick, chunky and wet but not runny. Add a little more flour if necessary, then let the batter rest for 15 minutes.
  • While the batter is resting, finely chop your fresh dill, spring onions/scallions and/or chives, pour some sour cream or crème fraiche into a dish, and lay some paper towels onto a wire rack to drain the pancakes after their fried, as you’ll need to serve the pancakes immediately once they’re done.
  • Heat a medium-sized fry pan or skillet to medium-high heat and add enough cooking oil to cover the bottom of the pan. Drop a little mixture in the pan; if it sizzles it’s ready.
  • Turn down to medium heat then drop a tablespoon of batter into the pan, using the spoon to quickly flatten it and shape it into a circle before it sets and the edges starts to brown.
  • Repeat until you’ve filled the pan. You should be able to do 4 or 5 in one batch. By the time you finish shaping the fourth or fifth pancake, the first one should be ready to turn over. Each batch should take around 5 minutes to cook.
  • Using a turner or spatula, flip the first pancake over. If it’s not brown yet, then leave the others for another minute or so, then turn one over. If it’s nice and brown and crispy, then turn the others over one by one, and flip the first one over again so it’s brown and crispy on both sides.
  • Transfer the pancakes to the wire rack to soak up any excess oil, then repeat until you’ve used up all the batter.
  • Serve immediately while still crispy with extra salt and pepper, fresh dill, spring onions/scallions and/or chives, and sour cream. If you don’t serve the pancakes straight away they will start to soften.

Nutrition

Calories: 35kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 197mg | Potassium: 19mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 10IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 1mg

Do let us know if you make our Russian potato pancakes recipe for draniki as we’d love to know how they turn out for you.

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If you haven’t visited our site in a while, I sh If you haven’t visited our site in a while, I shared a collection of recipes for homemade edible Christmas gifts — for condiments, hot sauces, chilli oils, a whole array of pickles, spice blends, chilli salt, furakake seasoning, and spicy snacks, such as our Cambodian and Vietnamese roasted peanuts. 

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If you’re an eggs lover, do check out the recipe collection. It includes egg recipes from right around the world, from recipes for classic kopitiam eggs from Singapore and Malaysia and egg curries from India and Myanmar to all kinds of egg recipes from Thailand, Japan, Korea, China, Mexico, USA, Australia, UK, and Ireland.

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We’re hoping 2023 will be the year we can finally publish the Weekend Eggs cookbook we’ve talked about for years based on that series. After we can find a publisher for the Cambodia cookbook of course... :( 

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Terence’s soy ginger chicken recipe is one of our favourite recipes for a quick and easy meal. I love the sound of the sizzling thighs in the pan, and the warming aromas wafting through the apartment. 

It’s amazing how such flavourful juicy chicken thighs come from such a quick and easy recipe.

Recipe here (and proper link to Grantourismo in our bio): https://grantourismotravels.com/soy-ginger-chicken-recipe/

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Birds-eye chillies thrown in for free! They were on my list but the seller I spent most at (5,000 riel!) scooped up a handful and slipped them into my bag. She was my last stop and knew what I was making.

My Khmer is poor, even after all our years in Cambodia, as I don’t learn languages with the ease I did in my 20s, plus I’m mentally exhausted after researching and writing all day. I have a better vocabulary of Old and Middle Khmer than modern Khmer from studying the ancient inscriptions for the Cambodian culinary history component of our cookbook I’m writing.

So when one seller totalled my purchases I thought she said 5,000 riel but she handed back 4,500 riel! The sum total of two huge bunches of herbs and kaffir lime leaves was 500 riel.

Tip: if visiting Siem Reap, use Khmer riel for local shopping. We’ve mainly used riel since the pandemic started— rarely use US$ now as market sellers quote prices in riels, as do local shops and bakeries, and I tip tuk tuk drivers in riels. I find prices quoted in riels are lower.

Psar Samaki is cheaper than Psar Leu, which is cheaper than Psar Chas, as it’s a wholesale market, which means the produce is fresher. I see veggies arriving, piled high in the back of vehicles, with dirt still on them — as I did on this trip. 

The scent of a mountain of incredibly aromatic pineapples offloaded from the back of a dusty ute was so heady they smelt like they’d just been cut. More exotic European style veggies arrive by big trucks in boxes labelled in Vietnamese (from Dalat) and Mandarin (from China), such as beautiful snow-white cauliflower I spotted.

Note: the freshest produce is sold on the dirt road at the back of the market.

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My Vietnamese-ish meatballs and rice noodles recip My Vietnamese-ish meatballs and rice noodles recipe makes tender meatballs doused in a delightfully tangy-sweet sauce, sprinkled with crispy fried shallots, with carrot-daikon, crunchy cucumber and fragrant herbs. 

The dish is inspired by bún chả, a Hanoi specialty, but it’s not bún chả. No matter what Google or food bloggers tell you. Names are important, especially when cooking and writing about cuisines not our own.

This is an authentic bún chả recipe:  https://grantourismotravels.com/vietnamese-bun-cha-recipe/ You’ll need to get the outdoor BBQ/grill going to do proper smoky bún chả meat patties (not meatballs).

My meatball noodle bowl is perhaps more closely related to dishes such as a Central Vietnam cousin bún thịt nướng (pork skewers on rice noodles in a bowl) and a Southern relation bún bò Nam Bộ (beef atop rice noodles, sprinkled with fried shallots (Nam Bộ=Southern Vietnam) though neither include meatballs. 

Xíu mại= meatballs although they’re different in flavour to mine, which taste more like bún chả patties. Xíu mại remind me of Southern Italian meatballs in tomato sauce.

In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, home to millions of Khmer, there’s bánh tằm xíu mại. Bánh tằm=silk worm noodles. They’re topped with meatballs, cucumber, daikon, carrot, fresh herbs, crispy fried onions. Difference: cold noodles doused in a sauce of coconut cream and fish sauce. 

Remove the meatballs, add chopped fried spring rolls and it’s Cambodia’s banh sung, which is a rice noodle salad similar to Vietnam’s bún chả giò :) 

Recipe here: (link in bio) https://grantourismotravels.com/vietnamese-meatballs-and-rice-noodles-recipe/

For more on these culinary connections you’ll have to wait for our Cambodian cookbook and culinary history. In a hurry to know? Come support the project on Patreon. (link in bio)

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It is pure coincidence that Pepper’s eye colour It is pure coincidence that Pepper’s eye colour matches the furnishings of our rented apartment. So, no, I did not colour-coordinate the interiors to match our cat’s eyes. 

I keep getting DMs from pet clothing brands wanting to “partner” with Pepper and send her free cat clothes and cat accessories. Although she did wear a kerchief for a few years in her more adventurous fashion-forward teenage years, I cannot see this cat in clothes now, can you? 

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