It is interesting to create something new once in a while - to break the boredom of eating the same thing over and over again. I ran out of butter and, thus, could not bake any cakes or bread. (I know, I know, I can use oil but I prefer to use butter). Going through my fridge, I saw the anchovies that I bought online from Sabah. They were cheap and, more important, clean. The idea then came to me - why not anchovies pancakes? They turned out so yummy that I will definitely make them again.
Ingredients:
- 125 g all-purpose flour
- 25 g rice flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 200 g/ml water
- 1 tsp salt (or less if your anchovies are very salty)
- 1/2 tsp white pepper powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 50 g anchovies
- 2 eggs
- 60 g big onions
- 10 g green onions
- 30 g red and yellow capsicum
- 1-2 pcs chili padi
- Cooking oil
Method:
- Wash and dry the anchovies. Heat up kuali with some cooking oil. Fry the anchovies till they are crispy. Remove them from the kuali and set them aside.
- Chop up the big onions. Heat up kuali with some cooking oil. Fry the chopped onions till they are translucent and soft. Set them aside
- Wash and cut up the green onions into small pieces.
- Wash and cut up the red and yellow capsicum into little cubes.
- Wash and cut up the chili padi into little pieces.
- Add all-purpose and rice flours and baking powder into a mixing bowl.
- Add water and stir till a smooth batter is formed.
- Beat the eggs and add them to the batter.
- Add all the ingredients - anchovies, big onions, green onions, capsicum and chili padi to the batter. Stir to mix them up evenly.
- Add the seasonings - salt, light soy sauce and white and black pepper powder to the batter. Stir to combine. (I tasted a bit of the batter at this point and added whatever seasonings that are lacking.)
- Heat up a non-stick pan with some oil.
- Scoop some batter into the pan. Use the bottom of your scoop to spread the batter thinly on the pan.
- Cook the pancake till the bottom is golden brown.
- Flip the pancake to brown the other side.
- Once the pancake is browned, remove it from the pan.
- Repeat till all the batter is finished.
- Serve while they are hot.
