Potato Pancakes with Apple Carrot Sauce
Potatoes and carrots are thinly julienned to make it easy to cut apart and to improve the texture. Add the rice flour gradually into the beaten eggs to keep the batter from getting lumpy. Enjoy these pancakes with a refreshing sauce!
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Rice flour makes robust and moist savory pancakes. It is also well suited to make other popular Japanese street foods including okonomiyaki and takoyaki.
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All rice flour is naturally gluten-free. Make this dish completely gluten-free by using gluten-free substitutes for other ingredients as needed.
4 servings
Ingredients
For the batter
| 2 | eggs |
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| ½ cup (90g) | rice flour |
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| 1¾ cups (240g) | potatoes, thinly julienned (about 1⅔ cups) |
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| 2 (100g) | carrots, thinly julienned (about 1 cup) |
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| 1 cup (100g) | cheese |
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| ½ tablespoon (2g) | parsley, chopped |
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| ¼ cup (60ml) | vegetable oil for pan frying |
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For the sauce
| 2oz/60g | daikon radish, finely grated (about ½ cup) |
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| 1 (60g) | carrots, finely grated (about ½ cup) |
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| ¼ cup (60ml) | apple juice |
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| ¼ cup (60ml) | vegetable oil |
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| 2 tablespoons (30ml) | apple cider vinegar |
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| Salt and pepper to taste | |
Directions
For the batter
Combine eggs and rice flour in a bowl. Add potatoes, carrots, cheese, and parsley. Mix well.
For the sauce
Mix finely grated daikon and carrots in a bowl. Using a whisk, add apple juice, vegetable oil, and apple vinegar. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
Heat the oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat. When hot, spoon in several 1/4 cup scoops of batter and flatten them. When bubbles appear on the surface, flip over. Cook about 5 minutes each side or until golden brown. Drain excess oil on a plate lined with paper towels. Serve with sauce on the side.
- This recipe uses US customary units. Measurement equivalents include: 1 teaspoon = 5ml, 1 tablespoon = 15ml, and 1 US cup = 237ml or 8fl oz. (1 metric cup = 250ml or 8.5fl oz.)
- The cooking time using microwave oven in this recipe is based on 1,000W in the US.
- The temperature and baking time may be different depending on the oven used. Please adjust accordingly.
- All rice flour is naturally gluten-free. Make this dish completely gluten-free by using gluten-free substitutes for other ingredients as needed.