Potato Latke - Maya's version

Ingredients

6 potatoes (unpeeled)

1 zucchini

2 medium onions

3 eggs

2/3 cup flour

S+P to taste

2 garlic cloves

Directions

- Work 1 batch at a time.  Grate potatoes and zucchini, place in a colander lined with a tea towel.  Add a generous pinch of salt, massage into grated mixture.

- Meanwhile, whisk eggs + salt and pepper.  Grate onions.

- Wring tea towel to remove as much liquid as possible, add solids to egg mixture. 

- Drain off as much liquid from onions, add to the rest of the ingredients.

- Sprinkle over flour, mix until combined

- Prepare two cookie trays with cooling wracks, place double paper towels on top of cooling wracks.

- Fry latkes, pressing out liquid with slotted spoon before adding to pan.  Transfer to lined cookie trays

- Put oven on warm, line a third cookie tray with double paper towels.  Once first two trays are full, place latkes into warmer tray in a scalloped fashion (slightly overlapping to fit more).

- Leave on warm uncovered until ready to eat

Comments

- Switch out oil every two batches to avoid smoking