Taglit Birthright Israel Meat Latkes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 onion, minced
1 egg
2 garlic cloves, diced
salt and black pepper (to taste)
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 1/2 lbs minced beef or 1 1/2 lbs minced chicken
3 -4 potatoes
oil (for frying)
cucumber and greens
lettuce
dill
parsley (to garnish)

Preparation

Mix the minced meat with the egg, onions and garlic.
Add the spices and form mixture into patties.
Peel potatoes, grate, and add salt.
Roll the potatoes into balls. Each Latke requires two potato balls and a meat cutlet.
Flatten the potato balls with a fork or spoon and put a patty of meat between each pair.
Fry each potato and meat latke until golden brown on both sides.
Serve on lettuce leaves and garnish with cucumber and herbs.