Amazing Low-Fat Latkes

Name: Amazing Low-Fat Latkes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Makes 50 to 60 2-inch latkes, which will serve 8 to 10
Cuisine: North America
Ingredients: Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 3 tablespoons chopped parsley; No- or low-fat sour cream for serving; 1 cup egg substitute or 2 eggs and 4 whites; 2 to 3 tablespoons canola oil; ⅓ cup matzo meal or flour; Applesauce for serving; 1 medium onion; 3 pounds potatoes (preferably Yukon golds); ½ teaspoon baking powder

Preparation info

Makes 50 to 60 2-inch latkes, which will serve
8 to 10

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

Healthy Jewish Cooking

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2000

About

Hanukkah without latkes would be like, well, Christmas without a tree. Jews the world over eat fried foods at Hanukkah to commemorate the miracle of the oil (that a one-day supply of oil for the holy lamp burned for eight straight days until more could be obtained). In Eastern Europe and North America, the quintessential Hanukkah food is fried potato pancakes. (For Sephardic Hanukkah dishes, see the zvingous recipe.)

Deep-frying may be symbolic, bu

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