Apam Balik Recipe

Hi there folks! I'm here to introduce to you another Malaysian recipe that I adore. This delight is called 'Apam Balik'. No idea why its called this, but there you go! Its a crispy dessert with butter and peanuts as its stuffing. Fattening but awesome in taste!

Apam Balik (COMPLETE)

Ingredients

170g of flour

100g of rice flour

30g of corn starch/potato starch

2tsp of double action baking powder

1/2tsp of baking soda

1/2 tsp of salt

2 large eggs

1tsp of vanilla essence

300ml of water

100g of sugar

Filling

melted butter

roasted peanuts (crushed) about 150g should do it

**The amount of filling will depend on individual preferences. IF you like lots of peanuts, then prepare lots. You only need a very small amount of butter (if you overdo it, it will be really oily)

 

Steps

1) Mix all the batter ingredients together (strain to remove grains) and then keep it in the fridge to set for at least 3-4 hours.

2) Find the smallest frying pan you can get and heat that up using low heat. 

3) Pour in a VERY thin film of the batter on the frying pan. The pan should still be slightly visible over your batter. If you make it too thick, the inner side will not cook well. Preferentially, use a spoon to spread the mixture as soon as possible. 

4) When the underside is slightly brown, add the butter and peanuts.

5) Fold and remove from heat when the pancake is golden brown. 

6) It should be crispy. If not, you might have not cooked it well enough or the pancake mixture may be too thick!

I failed my first one. But it improves over time. Just watch of the amount of batter you put in. If mixture looks too thick, just add 20ml of water everytime to make it thinner and easier to spread.

With that being said, next up!!! I am going to attempt what people say is hard... MACARONS!