Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu!
This recipe is for British Pancakes. These are great for a weekend breakfast, and are lighter and thinner than American Pancakes. Traditional fillings include lemon juice and sugar, but to be honest you could fill them with anything you like!
This recipe is for British Pancakes. These are great for a weekend breakfast, and are lighter and thinner than American Pancakes. Traditional fillings include lemon juice and sugar, but to be honest you could fill them with anything you like!
A Simple List of Ingredients:
1. Plain Flour
2. Salt
3. Milk
4. Eggs
5. Melted Butter
6. Vegetable Oil
7. Sugar
8. Lemon Juice

Bismillah, let's begin!
1. Plain Flour
2. Salt
3. Milk
4. Eggs
5. Melted Butter
6. Vegetable Oil
7. Sugar
8. Lemon Juice
Bismillah, let's begin!
To make the pancake batter, sieve 7 ounces (198 grams) of plain flour into a mixing bowl.
Add a pinch of salt.
Mix together and then make a well in the centre.
Take 1 pint of milk.
Add a little milk at a time ..
.. whisking all the while ..
.. until all the milk has been whisked in.
Crack in two eggs.
Beat in.
Next, take 1 ounce (28 grams) of melted butter.
Pour it into the batter.
And, whisk well!
Heat a few teaspoons of vegetable oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add a ladleful of the batter.
Spread out to make a pancake.
Cook for 30 seconds on a medium heat until bubbles appear.
Then, flip the pancake over, and cook the other side for 30 seconds.
Once golden brown on both sides, remove to a plate. Carry on making the rest of the pancakes.
One serving suggestion is to sprinkle sugar over the pancake.
And, then squeeze on some lemon juice.
Another suggestion is to spread Nutella over the hot pancake.
Roll the pancakes up.
And, dust with icing sugar.
For a savoury version, spread on some spicy mixed pickle (achar).
Fold and serve!
However you choose to fill these pancakes, they will be delicious inshallah!
Wasalaam!
British
Pancakes
Adapted from Titli's Busy Kitchen
Ingredients - makes 9 pancakes
· 7
ounces (198 grams) Plain Flour
· Pinch
of Salt
· 1
pint Milk
· 2
Eggs
· 1
ounce (28 grams) Melted Butter
· Vegetable
Oil, for frying
· Sugar,
for serving
· Lemon
Juice, for serving
· Nutella,
for serving
· Spicy
Pickle (Achar), for serving
· Icing
Sugar, for serving
Method
1. Sift
the flour into a large mixing bowl. Add the salt. Mix it together then make a
well in the centre.
2. Pour
in the milk, a little at a time, whisking all the while until all the milk has
been added.
3. Whisk
in the eggs, and then the melted butter.
4. Heat
a teaspoon of oil in a frying pan. Add a ladleful of the batter, and spread it
out to make a pancake. Cook on both sides for about 30 seconds or until golden
brown.
5. One
serving suggestion, is to sprinkle some sugar on the pancake followed by a
little lemon juice, and then roll.
6. Another,
is to spread Nutella onto it and then roll, and dust with icing sugar.
7. Finally,
for a savoury version, spread on some spicy pickle (achar) and serve!