Hello dear readers. Have you ever had a situation where you made a lot of mashed potatoes? We recently had friends come over for dinner. And we made a lot of mashed potatoes. It didn’t immediately occur to me what to do with the leftover puree. But a friend suggested frying potato pies or zrazy. And then I remembered how I tried potato zrazy with fried minced meat and cabbage at my grandmother’s. And a couple of years ago, after watching Yulia Vysotskaya’s program, I was preparing potato zrazy with salmon. Otherwise, the puree remains like this, so don’t eat it for several days; you can make so many different delicious dishes from the puree.

Today I want to tell you how to prepare potato zrazy, I have a recipe with step-by-step photos. Today zrazy without filling. But I plan to prepare different fillings and show everything with photos.

In our family we never cooked zrazy, but my grandmother sometimes did, not from leftover mashed potatoes, but cooked mashed potatoes specifically for this purpose. She said that preparing this dish is simple, potatoes, flour, egg and filling.

Potato zrazy is a very tasty and satisfying dish. It is very easy to prepare, especially if you have mashed potatoes prepared in advance. It often happens that for a holiday or birthday, you prepare a lot of puree and it remains. But it doesn’t matter, there are so many options for different and very tasty potato dishes. For example, potato casserole with minced meat, zrazy made from mashed potatoes.

How to make potato zrazy from mashed potatoes

Ingredients:

  • 500 grams of mashed potatoes
  • 1 egg
  • 1-2 tbsp. spoons of flour
  • , pepper to taste
  • vegetable oil

I have a lot of mashed potatoes left, so I’ve already made them several times. What I would like to note is that the children liked the zrazy, especially with sour cream. My son even called zrazy potato pies.

You must add milk and butter to mashed potatoes, then the zrazy will turn out very tasty.

If the potatoes are from the refrigerator, then they need to be slightly warmed or left on the table so that they come to room temperature, making it easier to form zrazy.

Place mashed potatoes in a bowl. Add egg, flour, salt and pepper to taste. My eggs are rustic. You can add greens, but this is optional. Mix everything thoroughly.

If you just cooked the puree, let it cool. And then start cooking right away.

When everything is thoroughly mixed, we begin to form zrazy. They can be in the form of cutlets, pies or round shapes. Do as you please.

The finished zrazy should be rolled in flour on both sides. If you are making zrazy with filling, then take part of the potato, put a teaspoon of filling in the middle and cover the flatbread with mashed potatoes, forming a pie.

Make zrazy out of all the potatoes, placing them already prepared, sprinkled with flour, on a plate or board. Then it will be very convenient to fry the zrazy.

Meanwhile, put a frying pan on the fire and pour vegetable oil into it. Place zrazy on a heated frying pan.

Fry zrazy from mashed potatoes on both sides until golden brown. I wanted to make them in the form of pies. This is how they turned out for me.

So we fry all the zrazy that you made. Zrazy can be placed on a plate previously covered with a paper towel to absorb excess vegetable oil.

It turns out to be a very tasty, satisfying dish, especially with sour cream. Of course, zrazy will turn out even tastier with minced meat or cabbage. Next time we'll cook it.

Zrazy can be served hot or cold. Potato zrazy goes well with vegetables or vegetable salads.

These are the images we got. They are very tasty to eat warm and with sour cream. A hearty dish.

Zrazy can be filled like pies, then you need to add more flour to the dough. Our zrazy turned out to be soft and tender that you couldn’t even hold it in your hand. We ate from plates and with sour cream.

If you are making Lenten meals, then cook the potatoes without butter and milk. Now I will tell you the most popular fillings for zraz.

Recipes for filling potato zrazas

Meat filling. The most popular is the meat filling. Raw minced meat is not suitable for zraz, so minced meat must first be fried with onions in vegetable oil. Fry until done.

If desired, add carrots to the minced meat. For 300 grams of minced meat, 1 onion. You can add carrots if desired. To do this, you need to grate it on a fine grater. You can use any meat: chicken, pork, beef.

Cabbage filling. The filling can be either fresh or sauerkraut. Which one do you like better? If the cabbage is sauerkraut, then just fry it in a frying pan, after squeezing it out.

Fry cabbage with onions. We fill potato zrazy. From the remaining potatoes I made zrazy with cabbage for the children. I love it when there is a lot of filling, be it dumplings or zrazy.

If you want to make zrazy from fresh cabbage, then you need to cut the cabbage, fry it, add onions, carrots and a little tomato. Fry until done.

Fish filling. I once prepared zrazy stuffed with red fish. I boiled the fish, removed the bones, chopped it, added finely chopped dill, salt and pepper. I filled zrazy with this filling. Served with sour cream. This is delicious.

Mushroom filling. If you like mushrooms, then they are quite suitable for the filling. Mushrooms need to be fried with onions until cooked in a frying pan. Champignons are usually used.

Egg filling. It's like a filling for pies with eggs and onions. Boil the eggs and chop. Finely chop the greens and add to the eggs. Salt and pepper to taste. Add a little melted butter to the filling. This way it does not crumble, but becomes more homogeneous.

You can add a little hard cheese to the filling.

They also prepare the filling for zraz from sausages, sausages or canned fish. If you use sausage or frankfurters, then they need to be chopped and combined with onions fried until golden brown.

And if you want to fill zrazy with canned fish, I recommend using canned fish in oil. The oil must be drained and the canned food must be mashed with a fork. You can add fried onions to the fish. They also add boiled rice.

In general, there are filling options for every taste. But my favorite is zrazy with cabbage. As you can see, preparing them is not at all difficult. If you have leftover mashed potatoes, don't worry about what to do. Prepare potato zrazy. It can be with filling, or without filling. Bon appetit and all the best to you!

Zrazy is considered a very popular dish that has been known since ancient times. This hearty, juicy masterpiece can be served for lunch or dinner on ordinary days, or you can delight your guests with it at any celebration. There are many interesting methods for making potato “pies”.

How to cook zrazy

Meat or potato cutlets with various fillings are zrazy. They can also be called original pies, which are often found in national recipes of Belarusian, Lithuanian, Polish, and Ukrainian cuisine. There is a wide range of recipes for preparing this dish. Next, several diagrams will be presented that will show how to make potato zrazy with meat.

Cutlets with cabbage, mushrooms, cheese, eggs, minced meat and other products are created in a few steps. The “dough” and “insides” are prepared separately, then the filling is placed inside, a pie is formed, and rolled in flour. You can bake potato zrazy in the oven or fry it in a pan. The dish goes well with broth, sour cream, and herbs.

How to cook potato zrazy

Cutlets made from potatoes are a favorite dish of many adults and children. The nutritious, juicy dish is easy to prepare and requires a minimum of ingredients. There are many different options for creating potato zrazas with meat. In continuation of the article, several interesting recipes will be considered. If you strictly follow the recipe for preparing such cutlets, you will end up receiving a lot of compliments and admiration.

With minced meat

Potato cutlets with ground meat (chicken, pork, turkey, beef) can be an excellent everyday dish or a treat for a holiday table. The following simple food products will be useful to us:

  • potatoes – 1 kg;
  • any minced meat – 350 grams;
  • egg;
  • carrot – 1 pc.;
  • onion – 1 piece;
  • flour - half a glass;
  • sunflower oil – 150 ml;
  • breadcrumbs – 50 g;
  • salt pepper.

Cutlets from mashed potatoes are prepared as follows:

  1. We make the “pie” filling.
  2. Fry the meat a little in vegetable oil.
  3. Peel the onion, wash well under running water, chop finely, add to the minced meat. Pepper, salt, mix well.
  4. Grind the peeled carrots on a coarse grater and add them to the onions and meat.
  5. When the filling is ready, place it on a plate until it cools.
  6. Peel the potatoes, cut into cubes, cook over low heat (after boiling). Don't forget to add salt.
  7. Drain the liquid and cool the future “dough” for immediate use.
  8. Beat in the egg, add a couple of pinches of flour (for density), make an airy puree.
  9. Make circles from it into which you need to put the filling.
  10. Form small cutlets and roll them in breadcrumbs.
  11. Place the frying pan on the fire, heat it up, pour in sunflower oil.
  12. Fry the pies on both sides until crispy and golden brown.
  13. To rid the dish of excess fat, do not add too much oil to the frying pan, and place the finished zrazy with minced meat on a plate covered with paper napkins.
  14. The dish is topped with sour cream or complemented with vegetable salad.

From puree

This type of cooking can be called classic. Many housewives prefer a recipe for cutlets made from mashed potatoes. Original pies are very easy to prepare; the process of creating a juicy, tasty dish will not take much time. Products for unusual pies:

  • minced chicken – 250 g;
  • a piece of butter – 60 grams;
  • potatoes – 6 pieces;
  • egg;
  • flour – 1 tbsp.;
  • vegetable oil;
  • feather green onions;
  • black pepper, salt, spices to taste.

Step by step recipe:

  1. Peel the main ingredient and boil in salted boiling water.
  2. Beat an egg into the prepared potatoes, add butter and two teaspoons of flour. Knead into a thick puree.
  3. Finely chop the green onions and add to the chopped meat. Salt, pepper, mix thoroughly.
  4. Make cakes from potatoes. Form pies by placing a little meat filling (1 tsp) in the middle of each.
  5. Fry in oil until crispy and golden brown.
  6. Serve with broth or cream.

Minced meat with mushrooms

Another easy recipe for a nutritious, aromatic, very tasty dish for the whole family - minced zrazy with mushrooms. This dish will help diversify the standard diet and will appeal to every family member. To make delicious cutlets, you will need the following ingredients:

  • porcini mushrooms – 200 grams;
  • ground meat (pork + beef) – half a kilo;
  • egg;
  • bulb;
  • white bread - a few slices;
  • sunflower oil;
  • flour - half a glass;
  • sour cream – 2 tbsp. spoons;
  • seasonings, spices.

Cooking procedure:

  1. You need to make the filling. To do this, you need to wash the mushrooms and cut them into medium pieces.
  2. Peel the onion and chop into cubes. Fry until golden brown.
  3. Add mushrooms, sour cream, mix the ingredients well, add salt and fry until all the liquid from the pan has evaporated.
  4. Add an egg into the ground meat, pour in the soaked bread, and mix the “dough” by hand.
  5. Make flat cakes from the resulting mixture. Place onion and mushroom filling in the middle of each.
  6. Place a meat patty on top and form a cutlet.
  7. Fry, first rolling them in flour (can be replaced with breadcrumbs).

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Fans of unique culinary masterpieces should pay attention to the unique pies. These can be potato zrazy (they have an oval shape), which are often prepared in Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, and Russia. They were invented during the existence of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. If you want to create this dish correctly, below are step-by-step recipes (using potatoes, mushrooms, and other ingredients).

How to cook potato zrazy

Mash boiled potatoes with butter, fried onions, and eggs (you will find a step-by-step recipe with photos on separate resources). The dough should be tight. Subsequently, the filling is placed in it (almost any products are used for it). For example, an excellent solution would be fried onions and carrots. You can add meat, chicken, boiled eggs, finely chopped cabbage, pepper.

Potato dough for zraz

Make zrazy from hot potatoes. Remember that cooled puree loses its ability to stick together well. Add eggs and flour to the dough. Using these components, the mass will keep its shape well. Use yolk whenever possible. Keep in mind that protein makes the mixture coarser. Don't add too much oil as it may interfere with frying.

Fillings for potato zrazas

Often the filling for potato zrazas is made with mushrooms and meat (usually in the form of minced meat). Keep in mind that it is advisable to use products that go well with potatoes. Often the components are pre-fried until golden brown. These can be chopped sausages, sausages, vegetables, onions. For taste, you should add spinach, parsley, dill, and other herbs.

Potato zraza recipes

Zrazy is an excellent solution for those who want to “free the refrigerator” from some products. For example, housewives often need to somehow use “yesterday’s” puree. Add a few components to it and you can start frying the cutlets. In different countries they use truly unusual methods of preparing potato rolls (you can find different photos on the Internet). Taste qualities depend not so much on the products, but on the method of creating the dish.

Potato zrazy from mashed potatoes

  • Calorie content of the dish (per 100 grams): 115.7 kcal.
  • Cuisine: Russian, Ukrainian.

If you are interested in the question of how to prepare zrazy from potatoes, then read the description below. Even people with no cooking experience can handle this dish. Almost any product is suitable for the filling (you can add some fresh vegetables, fresh herbs). The dish can be eaten either hot or cold. Its taste remains unchanged even several hours after preparation.

Ingredients:

  • potatoes – 6 pcs. medium size;
  • 2 eggs;
  • wheat flour - 3 tbsp. l.;
  • frying oil;
  • salt, curry, breadcrumbs.

Cooking method:

  1. Combine puree, egg, flour, curry, salt.
  2. Make balls, roll them in breadcrumbs, and fry them.

With mushrooms

  • Number of servings: for 5 persons.
  • Calorie content of the dish (per 100 grams): 120 kcal.
  • Purpose: for lunch, afternoon snack, dinner.
  • Cuisine: Russian, Ukrainian.

Many people may be interested in the question of how to prepare zrazy stuffed with mushrooms. Use the specified product frozen, dried, or fresh. Add chopped mushrooms to the filling. It’s worth adding greens (an excellent dish with green onions, spinach, parsley, dill), spices (it’s delicious to add pepper, curry, coriander). Such designs (their photos can be seen on separate resources) are made quickly and simply.

Ingredients:

  • mushrooms (champignons are suitable) – about 300 g;
  • potatoes – 300 g;
  • 1 onion;
  • wheat flour - 3 tbsp. l.;
  • oil for frying – 4 tbsp. l.;

Cooking method:

  1. Fry the chopped mushrooms (you can mince them).
  2. Finely chop the onion and fry. Combine it with mushrooms, salt, and spices.
  3. Mix mashed potatoes, spices, salt, flour. Make balls (take the base in small pieces), put fried mushrooms in them (take 1 tablespoon of mushroom filling per flatbread).
  4. Roll the mashed potato zrazy in breadcrumbs and fry over low heat.

With meat

  • Cooking time: approximately 60 minutes.
  • Number of servings: for 3-5 persons.
  • Calorie content of the dish (per 100 grams): 122.9 kcal.
  • Purpose: for lunch, afternoon snack, dinner.
  • Cuisine: Russian, Ukrainian.

Many housewives are interested in how to prepare a dish with minced meat or chicken. In this case, you should use fried minced meat with onions for the filling (if desired, you can make minced meat from fish). This addition makes the zrazy unusual. Forming the balls can be a problem because the dough is sticky. To prevent it from sticking to your fingers, first wet your hands in cold water.

Ingredients:

  • minced meat (can be made with liver) – about 230 g;
  • potatoes – 800 g;
  • 3 onions;
  • wheat flour – 200 g;
  • 1 egg;
  • oil for frying – 4 tbsp. l.;
  • salt, curry, pepper.

Cooking method:

  1. Combine the fried onion with raw minced meat (meat, fish or chicken), add salt. Fry everything together.
  2. Mix puree, egg, salt. You need to pepper the mixture. Make “pies”, put meat filling in them.
  3. Fry the cutlets (you should get balls with a golden crust).

With cabbage

  • Cooking time: approximately 50 minutes.
  • Number of servings: for 7 persons.
  • Calorie content of the dish (per 100 grams): 125.8 kcal.
  • Purpose: for lunch, afternoon snack, dinner.
  • Cuisine: Russian, Ukrainian.

This dish is readily made by many housewives today, especially those who love Lenten recipes. It gained great popularity due to its simplicity. You will spend relatively little time preparing potato zrazas. In addition, cabbage and potatoes complement each other wonderfully. It’s delicious to add fresh cabbage to the filling (but it can also be sauerkraut, then the zrazy will be more juicy).

Ingredients:

  • cabbage – a small head (about 1kg);
  • potatoes - approximately 8 pcs.;
  • 1 carrot;
  • 2 chicken eggs;
  • 3 onions;
  • wheat flour - 4 tbsp. l.;
  • frying oil;
  • salt, curry, pepper, breadcrumbs.

Cooking method:

  1. Combine chopped cabbage, fried onions, carrots, salt, and herbs.
  2. Mix the puree, egg, flour, salt, spices (you can make the base with vegetable oil). Make rolls, put a tablespoon of filling in each.
  3. Roll the zrazy in breadcrumbs. Place the flatbreads in a hot frying pan with butter and fry until golden brown.

With onion and egg

  • Cooking time: approximately 60 minutes.
  • Number of servings: for 5-8 people.
  • Calorie content of the dish (per 100 grams): 257.7 kcal.
  • Purpose: for lunch, afternoon snack, dinner.
  • Cuisine: Russian, Belarusian.

This potato zraza recipe is economical. The rolls turn out filling. They are somewhat reminiscent of pies, but they come out more tender and juicy. One of the main advantages of this culinary masterpiece is the speed of preparation. You can even eat “pies” for breakfast (for example, instead of the usual omelet). The following is a detailed description of how to prepare this dish.

Ingredients:

  • potatoes - approximately 10 pcs.;
  • 2 boiled eggs;
  • 1 raw egg;
  • 1 onion;
  • wheat flour – 6 tbsp. l.;
  • oil for frying (about 5 tbsp.);
  • salt, curry, pepper, breadcrumbs.

Cooking method:

  1. Fry half an onion, mix it with boiled, grated eggs.
  2. Mix the potato mixture, half the chopped onion, egg, flour, salt, and spices. Make balls, put onion and egg filling inside (each ball should take the shape of a pie).
  3. Roll potato zrazy in breadcrumbs and fry in a frying pan.

With cheese

  • Cooking time: about 60 minutes.
  • Number of servings: for 6 people.
  • Calorie content of the dish (per 100 grams): 254.7 kcal.
  • Purpose: for lunch, afternoon snack, dinner.
  • Cuisine: Russian, Belarusian.

This recipe will appeal to those who follow a special diet (for example, not all people can eat eggs or meat). In addition, vegetarians will also appreciate this cooking method. The results are very tasty, tender balls. You can add eggs if you wish, but it will be delicious without them. It is recommended to make the filling from Adyghe cheese and herbs. It's delicious to eat cutlets with sour cream.

Ingredients:

  • potatoes - approximately 1 kg;
  • wheat flour – 6 tbsp. l.;
  • Adyghe cheese – about 250 g;

Cooking method:

  1. Mix grated or chopped cheese, herbs, spices, salt (if the cheese is unleavened).
  2. Grind the boiled potatoes with a blender, add turmeric and flour (you should get the consistency of a tight dough). Make pies, put the filling inside (1 tbsp in each ball).
  3. Fry the cutlets (check for doneness by checking for a golden crust).

No eggs

  • Cooking time: about 40 minutes.
  • Number of servings: for 4-8 people.
  • Calorie content of the dish (per 100 grams): 230 kcal.
  • Purpose: for lunch, afternoon snack, dinner.
  • Cuisine: Russian, Polish.

This cooking method is very simple and inexpensive. The dish turns out to be low-calorie and tasty. It will certainly enrich your menu. To make the cutlets unusual, add all kinds of spices (curry, cumin, coriander, turmeric, asafoetida), and herbs to the dough and filling. Supplement the recipe with vegetables and mushrooms. To make the dish more filling, you can use minced meat (chicken, beef, pork).

Ingredients:

  • potatoes - approximately 200 g;
  • flour - 3 tbsp. l.;
  • oil for frying (about 6 tbsp.);

Cooking method:

  1. The puree is mixed with spices, salt, and herbs. You should get a thick dough.
  2. Roll into balls, roll them in breadcrumbs, and flatten them a little (each ball should take the shape of a cutlet).
  3. Fry the “pies” until golden brown, serve with mushroom sauce or sour cream.

No filling

  • Cooking time: about an hour.
  • Number of servings: for 10 people.
  • Calorie content of the dish (per 100 grams): 200.7 kcal.
  • Purpose: for lunch, afternoon snack, dinner.
  • Cuisine: Russian, Polish.

This and the previous methods of creating “pies” are similar. They should be used in cases where you don’t have time to spend a long time in the kitchen. A great option for creating an excellent breakfast. You can experiment with adding different seasonings and vegetables (carrots, onions, cabbage) to the dough. Remember that all ingredients must be finely chopped.

Ingredients:

  • potatoes - approximately 300 g;
  • carrots – 2-3 pcs.;
  • 1 onion;
  • flour - 3 tbsp. l.;
  • oil for frying (about 6 tbsp.);
  • salt, parsley, dill, curry, asafoetida, turmeric, pepper, breadcrumbs - optional.

Cooking method:

  1. Make mashed potatoes. Mix it with flour, salt, chopped herbs, spices, fried onions, carrots.
  2. Make balls from the mixture (you can use breadcrumbs for rolling), fry.

In the oven

  • Cooking time: approximately 1 hour 20 minutes.
  • Number of servings: for 12 people.
  • Calorie content of the dish (per 100 grams): 220.7 kcal.
  • Purpose: for lunch, afternoon snack, dinner.
  • Cuisine: Russian, Polish.

It’s not a problem if there is some mashed potatoes left over from lunch or yesterday. Use it to make healthy rolls. This recipe will especially appeal to those who are watching their figure. There is no need to fry the balls. They bake perfectly in the oven. It is worth noting that it is not necessary to use flour for vegetable cutlets. The absence of this component makes the dish more tender.

Ingredients:

  • potatoes - approximately 1 kg;
  • carrots – 2-3 pcs.;
  • 1 onion;
  • mushrooms – 300 g;
  • oil - about 3 tbsp. l.;
  • salt, parsley, dill, curry, asafoetida, turmeric, pepper - optional.

Cooking method:

  1. Fry chopped carrots and onions. Add chopped mushrooms to the mixture (they can be fresh, boiled, defrosted). Fry everything until the moisture evaporates. Add spices, salt, herbs.
  2. Form it immediately like this: make a cake from the puree (it should have a homogeneous mass), put the filling, cover it with a second cake of puree, roll it into a ball. Place the finished “pies” in the freezer for 30 minutes. Next, place the balls on a greased baking sheet. Bake for 40 minutes.

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In some countries this dish is called “potato pies”, but in our country they are known as “zrazy”. The attractive golden crust and the little secret filling attract lovers of unusual dishes. Although there is nothing unusual in the zrazy - ordinary mashed potatoes in the shape of a cutlet and the filling hidden inside. The most common dish in Belarusian cuisine, a close relative of sorcerers, although the word itself is rather Polish, translated into Russian as “cut piece”.

Potato zrazy - food preparation

The taste depends not so much on the products as on the cooking technology. Any type of potato will do. You can boil it in its uniform and peel it in finished form, or immediately peel and cut it into pieces - everything is up to the housewife’s choice. The potato mass should be cooled until it is well warm, so that it is more plastic and easy to mold with your hands. The filling can be anything that goes well with potatoes - meat or minced meat, onions fried until golden brown, spinach and other greens with eggs, vegetables, sausage or frankfurters. Fry in vegetable or butter.

Potato zrazy - the best recipes

Recipe 1: Potato zrazy with minced meat

A very tasty and satisfying dish is made from simple ingredients: potatoes and fried minced meat with onions. This is a special dish. After all, we will not fry our zrazy, but cook it. Sticky potato dough is difficult to form into a bun, but it is not advisable to add a lot of flour. Things move much faster if you wet your hands with cold water.

Ingredients:

potatoes (1 kg), minced meat (250 grams), onions (3 pcs), breadcrumbs (3 spoons), flour (300 grams), egg (1 pc), salt, pepper, vegetable oil, butter and cheese for decoration finished dish and serving.

Cooking method

Boil the potatoes in their skins and cool. Fry the onion in vegetable oil, add crackers and fry for another 3 minutes. Add the minced meat and fry, stirring until the minced meat is cooked. While stirring the minced meat, break up the pieces with a spatula so that it cooks evenly. Grate the peeled potatoes on a coarse grater and add the egg. Add flour in parts, stirring well. Wet your hands with water and separate a piece of dough, then form a flat cake, place the minced meat inside and close it in the form of a bun. Place them on a plate, as they fry quickly, and it is advisable to bring them to full readiness at the same time. After floating, cook for 10 minutes. Place the finished products on a plate, coat them with butter and cover with grated cheese.

Recipe 2: Potato zrazy with cabbage

This is perhaps the most popular recipe. Cabbage with potatoes is a classic of the genre. By the way, if you don’t have fresh cabbage, you can use sauerkraut. It is best to mix it half and half with fresh and herbs.

Ingredients:

potatoes (10 pcs), flour (3 spoons), onions (2 pcs), carrots (2 pcs), cabbage (1 small head, 1 kg), egg, salt, pepper.

Cooking method

Boil the potatoes and pass through a meat grinder. Break the egg and mix, add flour. Fry the onion in a frying pan, add carrots. Finely chop the cabbage and add to the onion. You can add fresh green onions or other herbs. Cool the finished filling. We mold the zrazy with our hands - crush it into a flat cake. Place the filling in the middle and seal. Fry the zrazy on both sides in a hot frying pan with oil.

Recipe 3: Potato zrazy with mushrooms

A classic combination is potatoes with mushrooms. First, prepare the mushrooms and then hide them in potato dough and fry them. Simple and delicious.

Ingredients:

fresh or frozen mushrooms (500 grams, champignons are ideal), onions (1 piece), vegetable oil (4 tablespoons), breadcrumbs, sour cream (150 grams), salt, black pepper, potatoes (500 grams).

Cooking method

Prepare the filling - fry small pieces in vegetable oil, add onion and fry for 5-7 minutes. Salt and pepper. Cool. Peel and boil the potatoes in salted water. While mashing the potatoes, add a little broth or hot milk and flour. The dough should be soft. We form pieces and make “pies”. Place the minced mushroom in the center, pinch the edges to form long cutlets. Roll in breadcrumbs and fry in a frying pan. Serve on a platter with sour cream and finely chopped green onions.

Recipe 4: Potato zrazy with liver

Zrazy with liver is healthy and tasty. Even if you're not a big fan of liver, its distinctive flavor will blend with fried onions and mashed potatoes.

Ingredients:

chicken or turkey liver (400 grams), mashed potatoes (1 kg, potatoes 1.5 kg), eggs (2 pcs), onions (2-3 pcs), dill and parsley, vegetable oil, salt, pepper, breadcrumbs.

Cooking method

Boil the potatoes - whole, or cut into pieces, drain and mash. Fry chicken or turkey liver in vegetable oil with onions for a short time until it becomes soft. Boil chicken eggs hard and chop finely. You also need to fry the onion separately, and then prepare the minced meat - pass the liver through a meat grinder, add the onion and chopped boiled eggs. You can also add green onions. Break a raw egg into the potato mixture, add salt, pepper and stir with 3-4 tablespoons of flour. All that remains is to form the cakes and mold the zrazy, similar to a pie, and fry them until golden brown.

It is better to cook peeled potatoes without salt, and add salt only with flour. A good effect will be obtained if, before frying, dip the molded semi-finished product in a beaten egg and then in breadcrumbs. If after breading the entire structure is broken, straighten it with your hands and give it a beautiful shape.

A very tasty Lenten dish - potato zrazy with fish. The technology for their preparation is, in principle, very similar to other options. It is better to take the fish without bones, boil it in a small amount of water, pass it through a meat grinder or grind it in a blender. You can add onions fried in vegetable oil.


Zrazy is a culinary dish consisting of a cutlet or meatloaf with filling. The filling can be very varied: vegetables, boiled eggs, mushrooms and even. The base is often made from boiled or chopped potatoes.

In our article we will focus on the base of boiled potatoes. There is no tastier dish!

Stuffed cutlets are national dishes in Belarusian, Polish, Lithuanian and Ukrainian cuisine. Russians love this type of preparation of second courses and prepare them with love in order to surprise family members with the filling hidden inside.

Potato zrazy with ham and cheese

Ingredients:

  • potatoes - 1 kg
  • eggs - 2 pcs.
  • flour - 5 tbsp. spoons
  • ham - 200 g
  • hard cheese - 100 g
  • butter, mayonnaise - 1 teaspoon each
  • breadcrumbs, salt, sour cream for serving - to taste

Preparation:

Peel the potatoes and boil in salted water until tender. Drain the water and mash the potatoes, adding butter.

Then add eggs and flour in portions, beat with a blender until smooth. Let cool.

For the filling, grate the cheese on a medium grater.

Finely chop the ham, add a little mayonnaise and mix the filling.

When the mashed potatoes have cooled, place 1 tablespoon of mashed potatoes on a plate with breadcrumbs and use a spoon to mash into a flat cake.

Place the filling on the tortilla, carefully wrap and bring the edges of the tortilla together to form a cutlet. Also mold all the cutlets.

Fry the pieces in a heated frying pan with oil on both sides for 3 minutes until golden brown.

Serve hot with sour cream.

Potato zrazy with meat

Ingredients:

  • potatoes - 12 pcs.
  • boiled beef - 300 g
  • onions - 2 pcs.
  • lard or fat - 120 g

Recipe:

Boil some of the potatoes in their skins, peel and wipe. Peel the rest of the potatoes and grate them. Mix everything well.

How to prepare minced meat: grind boiled beef,

mix with fried onions.

Divide the prepared puree base into flat cakes, add minced meat, give it an oval shape,

fry in fat.

The second dish is ready. Tasty and mysterious: What's inside?

Potato zrazy stuffed with meat (for children)

Ingredients:

  • 100 g potatoes
  • 30 g boiled beef
  • 5 g onion
  • 1/4 egg
  • 10 g butter
  • 10 g sour cream

Preparing the recipe:

  1. Boil and peel the potatoes through a meat grinder, add salt, add an egg, mix, cut into round cakes.
  2. In the middle of each flatbread, place minced boiled meat mixed with onions sautéed in butter, join the edges, and give an oval shape.
  3. Fry the oval pieces in a frying pan with oil.
  4. Place in a hot oven for 7 minutes.

Potato cutlets with filling for children are ready.

Potato zrazy with egg and onion

Ingredients:

  • potatoes - 200 g
  • egg - 1 pc.
  • butter - 25 g
  • onion (or green) - 35 g
  • white bread crumbs - 15 g
  • sour cream sauce - 50 g
  • salt, herbs

Preparation:

  1. Season the potato mass (boiled, dried and mashed potatoes) with eggs and butter.
  2. Form this mixture into round cakes, two per serving.
  3. Place minced meat in the middle of the flatbreads.
  4. Wrap the edges of the flatbread, give it the shape of an oblong rectangle, bread it in breadcrumbs or flour and fry in fat, first on one side and then on the other.
  5. To prepare the minced meat, chop the onions, lightly sauté in oil (or green onions), mix with finely chopped boiled eggs or scrambled eggs, dill or parsley.

Serve the sour cream sauce separately or add it to the dish.

Potato zrazy with scallop

Ingredients:

  • potatoes - (8 - 10) pcs.
  • scallops - based on 400 g per serving
  • onions - (2 - 3) pcs.
  • ghee - 2 tbsp. spoons
  • egg - 1 pc.
  • pepper, salt - to taste

Preparation:

You can buy scallops in the store - they are sold frozen.

Mince the scallops.

Fry finely chopped onions in a frying pan.

Boiled potatoes, finely chopped onions, melted butter, egg, pepper, salt - grind everything.

Make a flatbread. Place minced scallops, fried onions and parsley in the middle of the flatbread.

Form zrazy into balls. Roll them in breadcrumbs and fry them in a frying pan.

The potato and scallop dish is ready.

Potato zrazy with minced meat

Ingredients:

  • potatoes - 6 pcs.
  • meat - 250 g
  • onion - 1 pc.
  • egg - 1 pc.
  • flour - 2 tbsp. spoons
  • oil - 5 tbsp. spoons
  • tomato sauce - 1 cup
  • salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

Boil potatoes in their skins, peel and wipe.

Add flour and egg.

Mix well.

Fry ground meat with onions.

Form a flat cake from the potato mass, put the prepared minced meat on it, connect the edges, give it an oval shape.

Roll the pieces in flour

and fry on both sides in a frying pan.

Serve the finished dish with tomato or other sauce.

Potato zrazy with mushrooms

Ingredients:

  • 1 kg potatoes
  • 500 g mushrooms
  • 30 g butter
  • 2 onions
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tbsp flour
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 2 cloves garlic (optional)
  • vegetable oil for frying, parsley, pepper, salt

Preparation:

Peel and finely chop the onion, fry in vegetable oil until golden brown.

Peel, wash, and finely chop mushrooms (champignons or forest mushrooms). Place the mushrooms in the pan with the onions. Add salt, pepper and simmer until done. 2 - 3 minutes before readiness, you can add crushed garlic.

Boil peeled and cut into large pieces potatoes in salted water until tender. Large pieces don't cook as much. like small ones. Drain the water. Place the pan on low heat and evaporate all the liquid.

Add butter and ground pepper to the potatoes and make a puree.

Cool the puree slightly, add the egg and 3 tablespoons of flour, mix thoroughly.

Place about 1/2 cup flour on a cutting board or plate. Use a wet spoon to scoop out the potato dough and place it on the flour mound. With a wet hand, make a flat cake out of the dough, place the mushroom filling in its center, and carefully connect the edges of the workpiece.

Give the pieces an oval shape, roll in flour and fry on both sides in vegetable oil over medium heat until golden brown.

Potato zrazy with egg and rice

Ingredients:

  • potatoes - 9 pcs.
  • eggs - 3 pcs.
  • oil - 5 tbsp. spoons
  • onions - 3 pcs.
  • rice - 1/4 cup

Preparation:

  1. Wipe the boiled potatoes.
  2. Add raw eggs, ground pepper to the mashed potatoes, mix and add salt.
  3. Make round cakes from the potato mixture.
  4. Place minced meat in the middle of the flatbread, roll up the edges, give it an oval shape, bread it in breadcrumbs and fry in a frying pan on both sides.
  5. For minced meat: boil eggs, chop finely, mix with fried onions, add boiled rice, pepper, salt.

Serve with tomato onion and mushroom sauce.

Potato zrazy with sauerkraut

Ingredients:

  • potatoes - 500 g
  • sauerkraut – 400 g
  • onions - 3 pcs.
  • egg - 1 pc.
  • fat - 2 tbsp. spoons
  • breadcrumbs, pepper, salt

Preparing the recipe:

  1. Boil the potatoes in their skins and, while still hot, peel and mince or rub through a sieve.
  2. Finely chop the onion and fry until golden brown.
  3. Add sauerkraut to the onion and simmer in a frying pan until tender, season with pepper.
  4. Place a raw egg into the slightly cooled puree and mix well.
  5. Make a flat cake from the potato mixture, put minced cabbage in the center and form an oval piece.
  6. Roll the pieces in breadcrumbs and fry in a frying pan on both sides.

Serve with any sauce.

Potato zrazy with liver

Ingredients:

  • potatoes - 1 kg
  • chicken liver – 600 g
  • carrots - 2 pcs.
  • eggs - 3 pcs.
  • onion - 1 pc.
  • flour - 100 g
  • herbs, salt, pepper, spices - to taste

Preparing the recipe:

  1. Boil and peel the potatoes, drain the water, and rub through a sieve.
  2. Add egg, flour, salt to the potato mixture and mix everything well.
  3. Finely chop the onion, grate the carrots on a medium grater and fry everything in a frying pan with oil.
  4. Add the boiled liver (finely chopped or minced) to the frying pan.
  5. Add salt and pepper to the minced meat and mix.
  6. Make flat cakes from mashed potatoes and place minced meat in the center.
  7. Form the dough into an oval shape, roll in flour and fry on both sides in a frying pan over low heat.

Potato delicacy with liver is ready.

Potato cutlets with chicken - video recipe

The recipes for potato zraza presented in the article with different ingredients will be an excellent second course for the whole family.