Potato Latkes   

Submitted by Imogen Shaw 
Adapted from Isa Chandra and Terry Hope Romero's excellent book "Veganomicon". 

Ingredients 
4 medium sized potatoes 
1 onion very finely chopped 
a quarter of a cup of flour 
half a teaspoon of salt 
ground black pepper to taste 
optional chopped fresh herbs of your choice 


Directions 
Finely grate the potatoes 
Place the grated potato into a sieve and use the back of a spoon or your hands and squeeze the excess starchy water out of the potatoes. 

Throw away the starchy potato water. 

Mix in the finely sliced onion and then add pepper, salt and flour, mix well. 

Take balls of the potato mixture and press between your hands firmly until it is about half an inch thick. 

Fry the latkes in olive or rapeseed oil until golden brown on both sides. 

Serve with chutney and salads.