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Potato pancakes , potato whorls , Bröslschmarrn or Bröselbart is a simple dish of the Lower Bavarian and Upper Palatinate cuisine, which is also known in Austrian cuisine (as Erdäpfelschmarrn ). Sometimes it is also served as a side dish, especially with meat dishes.
For preparation, potatoes boiled the day before are first mashed or grated and processed into a crumbly mass with flour and salt . It is fried until crispy in clarified butter or vegetable oil and torn into bite-sized shreds. In some recipes, the potato mixture is refined with eggs and also seasoned with pepper and nutmeg, or chopped, steamed onions are fried.
Common side dishes are green salad , sauerkraut , white cabbage , savoy cabbage , turnips or applesauce.
In Upper Bavaria , a very similar dish is called Bröselhafer . The dough is made smoother by adding a little water or milk and shaped with the hands before frying, similar to spaetzle or potato noodles .