Latkes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 onion
1 lb. baking potatoes (2 or 3)
1 egg
3 T. flour
salt and pepper
oil

Preparation

Grate onion.
Peel potatoes and grate them.
Combine onion and potatoes; rinse, and drain in a sieve; squeeze out excess liquid. Put in a bowl and stir in egg, flour, 1/2 tsp. salt and 1 T. pepper.
Heat about 1/4-inch of oil in a large frying pan.
Drop about 2 T. batter making several pancakes at a time.
Cook until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes a side.
Drain on paper towels.