Potato and Vegetable Patties with a Squeeze of Lemon
A great way to shake up an everyday vegetarian menu! A pretty simple recipe for quick, incredibly tender potato-and-vegetable patties that'll surprise you with how good they taste — a real crowd-pleaser.
Cooking method
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Step 1:
Gather your ingredients and spices for these delicious, tender potato-and-vegetable patties, with a splash of lemon juice for a little zing.
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Step 2:
Chop one onion and add it to a skillet with a little vegetable oil for sautéing.
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Step 3:
Boil 1.2 kg (about 2.6 lb) of potatoes with one carrot — don't add salt, and don't overcook them.
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Step 4:
Run the boiled potatoes through a meat grinder into a large bowl, alternating them with pieces of the carrot.
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Step 5:
Add half a teaspoon of nutmeg to the mashed mixture.
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Step 6:
Add one teaspoon of salt.
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Step 7:
Add the mixed ground peppercorns to taste.
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Step 8:
Sauté the chopped onion until golden, stirring now and then with a spatula.
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Step 9:
Add the hot sautéed onion straight from the skillet into the bowl with the mashed potatoes.
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Step 10:
Stir the sautéed onion into the mashed potatoes with a fork.
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Step 11:
Crack in one egg, mix everything together really well (gloved hands work great), and add lemon juice to taste for a little zing.
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Step 12:
Shape the potato mixture into patties, any shape you like.
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Step 13:
Coat the shaped patties well in flour.
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Step 14:
Set the breaded patties on a floured cutting board.
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Step 15:
Fry the patties over high heat until golden on one side, then flip and brown the other.
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Step 16:
Arrange the finished patties on a plate and serve with fresh herbs, sour cream, adjika, or any sauce you like.
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Step 17:
Let's cook together, keep it simple, and make the tastiest dishes at home from everyday ingredients. Enjoy, everyone!
- Potato and vegetable patties! Soft, tender potato patties are every bit as tasty as meat ones. They're a great way to add variety to a vegetarian menu, and they'll win over kids and anyone who loves easy dishes. This recipe skips the flour, starch, and semolina in the mix — just vegetables and spices — so it stays light. A squeeze of lemon juice adds a lovely little kick (that's the secret ingredient).
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Ripe potatoes - 80 kcal/100g
- Baked potatoes - 70 kcal/100g
- Mashed potatoes - 380 kcal/100g
- Boiled potatoes - 82 kcal/100g
- Potatoes in uniform - 74 kcal/100g
- Fried potatoes - 192 kcal/100g
- Carrots - 33 kcal/100g
- Dried carrots - 275 kcal/100g
- Boiled carrots - 25 kcal/100g
- Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333 kcal/100g
- Whole durum wheat flour, universal - 364 kcal/100g
- Flour krupchatka - 348 kcal/100g
- Flour - 325 kcal/100g
- Vegetable oil - 873 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Onion - 41 kcal/100g
- Lemon juice - 16 kcal/100g
- Chicken egg - 80 kcal/100g
- Nutmeg - 556 kcal/100g
- Ground pepper mixture - 255 kcal/100g
