dranik

plural draniki

1. A Belarusian potato pancake.

   Three huge draniki were made from new-harvest potatoes. […] There are plans to establish a dranik museum in Voronovo in the future.

   2025 September 30, “A new gastrofest was held in the Grodno Oblast”, in Belarus 24, Minsk: National State TV and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2026

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   In a viral video that appeared Monday, [Nikolay] Glasovskiy, who lives in Minsk, can be seen donning a cow fur suit, grabbing a dranik – a traditional Eastern European potato pancake - and climbing up to a 25 meter platform. He then plunges down, hitting a tray filled with sour cream, the preferred dranik condiment, dead on, and eating the local delicacy, while still upside down, suspended by his feet.

   2016 November 28, “Biscuit-dunking bungee world record? No problem, Belarusian dips potato pancake in cream mid-air”, in RT, Moscow: TV-Novosti, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2016

   I saw Lukashenko in my dream. He was cool and chill. Said that those people who drain juice from shredded potatoes before shaping a dranik [the national Belarusian food, a potato pancake], are more likely to join the opposition.

   2020 August 13, Tatsiana Zamirovskaya, quoting a Belarusian, “Dreams of Belarusian People About Alexander Lukashenko”, in PEN America, New York, N.Y., →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2020

   [I]n this article, a method has been developed for creating a dranik, as a functional product, based on vegetables, herbs and whole grain flour.

   2025 May 5, A.A. Asylgareeva, M.V. Saitgaleeva, O.V. Illarionova, “Formulation development and quality assessment of draniki with the addition of vegetables, herbs and whole grain flour”, in Материалы международной научно-практической конференции [Materialy meždunarodnoj naučno-praktičeskoj konferencii], Ufa, Bashkortostan: Bashkir State Agrarian University, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2026

   More information on Belarusian cuisine is needed in the media. Literature on this topic is scarce, too. And how can you develop something if everyone’s association with Belarusian cuisine is limited to draniki?

   2025 August 6, Aleksandr Nesterov, “Dranik and its team”, in Belarus Segodnya, Minsk: Belarus Segodnya Publishing House, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2025