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Kartupeļu Pankūkas

Name: Kartupeļu Pankūkas
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Latvia
Ingredients: 5 Potato; 1/2 Onion; 1 Egg; 3 tbsp All-Purpose Flour; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; To taste Sunflower oil; To taste Sour cream; to taste (jam) Blueberries

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Grated potato fried crisp, served with sour cream and jam — a Latvian home pancake.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Kartupeļu pankūkas are among the most familiar dishes in Latvian homes: raw potatoes are grated, mixed with onion, egg, and flour, and fried thin. The Latvian way is to top them generously with sour cream and serve with lingonberry jam, a popular sweet-and-savory combination.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a weekend lunch in a Latvian home, fresh potato pancakes are stacked up with white sour cream and red jam alongside.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Potato 5
Onion 1/2
Egg 1
All-Purpose Flour 3 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Sunflower oil To taste
Sour cream To taste
Blueberries to taste (jam)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Grate the potatoes and onion and drain lightly.
Add the egg, flour, salt, and pepper and mix.
Heat plenty of oil in a frying pan and spread the batter thin.
Fry until crisp and golden on both sides.
Serve with sour cream and jam.

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