Potato Patties Kiev-Style (Russian Or Ukrainian) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lbs potatoes
2 eggs
2 tablespoons potato starch
1/2 cup water
Filling
1/4 cup dried mushroom
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
2 eggs, beaten
4 tablespoons breadcrumbs
fresh dill (optional)
butter (for frying, and oil)
salt

Preparation

Wash and peel potatoes. Boil potatoes; mash. Dissolve the flour in a litle cold water. Add that to the potatoes, along with the butter and eggs. Sprinkle with salt. Stir well.
For filling: Wash and soak mushrooms in cold water for 60 minutes. Cook them in the same water for 30-40 min, then chop finely.
Let milk come to room temp or scald.
In butter, melt butter; brown 3 T. flour and a little salt. Constantly stirring, pour over the scalded milk. Mix until it gets thick.
Add chopped mushrooms; stir well.
Divide potatoe mixture into portions. In the center of each one, put a spoonfull of the mushroom sauce. Pat into and oval shape. Dip into beaten eggs and roll in breadcrumbs.
In oil (or an oil/butter mixture perhaps), fry until golden on both sides.
Serve with remaining mushroom sauce, sprinkled with the dill.