Apam Balik - Asian Pancake
Apam Balik - Asian Pancake

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, apam balik - asian pancake. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Crispy and fluffy pancake filled with roasted peanuts, sugar, creamy sweet corn, some butter and then folded into half. Apam balik is a crispy and fluffy Asian pancake turnover filled with roasted peanuts, sugar, creamy sweet corn, some butter and then folded into half. Apam Balik is a dish that's famous in my home country, Malaysia.

Apam Balik - Asian Pancake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Apam Balik - Asian Pancake is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have apam balik - asian pancake using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Apam Balik - Asian Pancake:
  1. Get The Batter
  2. Take 3 C flour
  3. Make ready 4 tbsp sugar
  4. Get 3 tsp baking powder
  5. Make ready 1 tsp baking soda
  6. Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
  7. Make ready 2 1/2 tsp dry yeast
  8. Prepare 3 tsp vanilla extract
  9. Make ready 2 egg (room temperature)
  10. Prepare 2 1/3 cup warm milk
  11. Take The Filling
  12. Get as needed Granulated sugar -
  13. Take Roasted coarsely grind peanuts
  14. Take (As needed)
  15. Get Creamy sweet corn (as needed)
  16. Get butter (as needed)

Other fillings include creamed corn, chocolate rice, grated cheese or coconut etc. are also added. The pancake is cooked until golden brown on the crust and fold into halves. Be the first to review this recipe. Heat a nonstick pan and add a ladle of batter.

Instructions to make Apam Balik - Asian Pancake:
  1. For the batter - place all ingredients in a big mixing bowl. Mix & whisk everything until well combined with no lumps. Cover bowl with a cling film & leave to rest for 30mins in warm place.
  2. After 30mins, the batter should be foamy & almost double its volume. Give it a whisk before using.
  3. Cooking - brush some unsalted butter onto a preheated pan. Give batter a whisk before using. For a standard size pan, Pour 3/4 cup of batter on a preheated pan. If using small pancake pan, pour only 1/4 cup of batter (small one is better). Next, swirl & spread batter evenly using the back of the ladle or just tilt your pan in circle motion. Cook over low heat with lid on for 1-2mins until bubbles are formed. Use the lowest heat or your batter will burn.
  4. Remove the lid. Sprinkle sugar generously (use grated palm/coconut sugar for a distinct flavour), coarsely ground peanuts & few tsp of creamy sweet corn. Put the lid back on again & let it continue cooking until it's fully cooked. This wont take long so it’s best to not overcook.
  5. Remove the lid. Put tiny slices of butter (optional). Run a spatula all around the edges to release it from the pan. It should come out easily. Fold it in half and serve.

Cook for a while then add the banana slices. Cover the pan to cook the apam. Apam balik (English: 'turnover pancake') or terang bulan (English: 'bright moon') or martabak manis (English: 'sweet martabak') or 曼煎粿 Màn Jiān Guǒ (English: 曼煎 Màn Jiān is the homophone of 滿清 Mǎn Qīng, which was the final imperial dynasty in China and 粿 Guǒ means pancake). Apam Balik is a sweet Malaysian peanut pancake turnover stuffed with a sugary, buttery peanut filling. It gets its name from the way the pancake is folded or 'turned over'.

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