Boiled potato balls – traditional Maramureș recipe from Sighetu Marmației

🥣 Ingredients

• 9-10 potatoes
• 4 eggs
• salt and pepper
• frying oil

👩🍳 Instructions

Boil the potatoes in their skins. Peel them and grate them using a grater with small holes. Beat the egg whites into a foam and add them over the potatoes. Add the yolks as well. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Take spoonfuls of the mixture and fry in hot oil until golden brown. This dish is served for Passover, a traditional Jewish recipe preserved in the community of Sighetu Marmației.

📖 Story of the recipe

Recipe from Ela Danielescu, Sighetu Marmației. This recipe is part of the Jewish culinary tradition of Maramureș, a region known for its ethnic and cultural diversity. Boiled potato balls, served for Passover, are proof of the harmonious coexistence of different communities in this area.