A pancake is a flat cake simply made up of flour, egg and milk. It can be easily whipped up in the morning for breakfast or in the afternoon for tea. We can add various types of ingredients to make different types of pancakes. Basically these ingredients add aroma and make the pancakes tastier. My mother used to make plain ones very often for us to eat in the morning before going to school and to pack them to school for recess time.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup of white or brown sugar
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup of whole milk
- 1 cup of pandan juice (blend 10 pandan leaves with water)
- 1/2 cup of melted butter
- 2 eggs.
Method:
- Sieve flour with baking powder into a mixing bowl.
- Add sugar and salt to the bowl.
- Stir to mix these dry ingredients evenly.
- In another bowl, add whole milk, pandan juice, melted butter and eggs.
- Stir these wet ingredients till they are well-combined.
- Pour the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.
- Use a whisk to mix them up to get a smooth batter.
- Sieve the batter IF there are too much lumps.
- Heat up a pan with some melted butter (or cooking oil). It is preferable to use a kitchen towel to dip into the butter or oil to grease the pan.
- Scoop the batter using a 1/3-cup measuring cup onto the centre of the pan and let the batter flow out in a circular manner.
- Cover the pan and let the batter cook (over low heat) for about 3 minutes or until it is slightly browned.
- Open the cover and flip over the other side to let it cooked.
- Remove the pancake to be cooled down on a metal rack otherwise vapour will be formed on the underside.
- Once cooled, remove the pancakes onto a serving plate.