Delicious Pancakes and its Different Types
Delicious Pancakes are a staple food item worldwide. It loved by all the ages. But there is a lot of variation on taste due to geographical distribution. In the last post, I had shared the pancakes varieties from America, Australia, and New Zealand. So today in this post I will share amazing types of pancakes from
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Asia
- Russia.
4.Great Britain
Great Britain is an island nation with a wide variety of cultures and food habits and it is visible in all of its states.
England
In England crepe types of pancakes are popular. The main ingredients are flour, eggs, sugar, water, and sweet spices.oatcakes are also famous here. All over England is a custom to eat pancakes on the occasion of Shrove Tuesday.
5.Europe
One of the biggest Continent with 44 countries. You can imagine the cultural variation in Europe and about their food habit as well. Let see one by one.
Scotland
In Scotland, pancakes called Scottish pancakes. Pancakes are the most loved snacks items in Scotland. People prefer to eat pancakes at tea time. Its ingredient is flour, milk or buttermilk, sugar, eggs salt, soda, and creme.
Greece
Tiganites is a famous pancake item and popular in Greece and Cyprus. Its main ingredients are flour, olive oil or butter, milk, and eggs. It is served in breakfast and topped with cheese, honey, nut, and fruits.
Hungary
Pancakes are a popular dessert in Hungry. It called Palacsinta here. It served as a main dish or preferred as a dessert. It is made from flour, milk or soda water, sugar, eggs, and wine. They use jam, cheese, meat, and different kinds of seeds for filling.
Iceland
In Iceland crepe and thick fluffy, both types of pancakes are famous. Its ingredients are flour, eggs, sugar, milk, or water. For filing, they prefer jam or sugar and for topping, they like ice creme.
Spain
Pancakes are a famous carnival desert in Spain. Its name is filloas in Spain. Its main ingredient is flour, eggs, sugar, and butter. People use honey and sugar for filling. They love to eat thin filloas.
Poland
In Poland, people prefer to eat crepe-like thin pancakes or sometimes fluffy pancakes. Crepe pancakes called Naleśniki and fluffy one called Racuchy.Both types of pancakes are made from flour, eggs, sugar or salt, milk or water, and raising agent. For filling they prefer to use sugar or cheese or chicken or fried vegetables. In Poland, people prefer to eat pancakes as a desert or as a full meal.
Netherlands
Pancakes are the most loved food item in lunch or dinner in the Netherlands. They called it Pannenkoeken. The basic main ingredient is flour, eggs, sugar, and butter. Pancakes can be sweet or salty. Cheese, vegetable, ham, or chicken, fruits are used for filling.
Wales
In wales, pancakes are thick and layered on top of each other to form a tall mock-cake and called crempog or forest. The basic main ingredient is flour, oat flour, eggs, sugar, butter, milk, and raising agent.
Sweden
In Sweden, different types of pancakes are eaten. One famous type of pancake is made from saffron, rice powder, sugar, eggs, sugar, salt, milk, and almond called saffron pancakes.
Another famous type of pancake is aggakaka. It is made from flour, sugar, eggs, sugar, salt, milk, butter, and bacon. They are very thick in size and yummy in taste. In Sweden, people prefer to eat pancakes at diner time.
Denmark
In Denmark people eats a danish pancake. It is called as Æbleskiver. Danish pancakes made from egg yolks, melted butter, flour, sugar, salt, vanilla, and buttermilk. They are spherical in size or sometimes round also. They are mostly served with jam or berries or sugar powder.
Finland
In Finland, pancakes are eaten as a dessert. They served with whipped cream or pancake-jam or sugar or vanilla ice cream. Pancakes’ main ingredients are flour, melted butter, vanilla, and eggs. They are cooked in the oven instead of a frying pan.
France
In France, crepe type pancakes are famous. Pancakes are made from flour, milk, and eggs and are served with a sweet fruit, ice cream, jam, chocolate spread, powdered sugar or cheese, ham, seafood, spinach.
Slovakia and Czech Republic
Pancakes are the most loved food item. They called it Palacinky. Its main ingredients are wheat flour, eggs, and milk.
Austria
In Austria, Pancakes is called Kaiserschmarrn. Its basic ingredients are flour, eggs, and milk but they also include raisin, almonds, apple jam, or small pieces of apple and sugar powder.
Romania
Romania is famous for its pancakes called clatite. Its a crepe type of pancakes . The main ingredients are flour, eggs, vanilla, milk, or water.
Belarus
Pancake is the most loved food here. Its main ingredients are Cornflour, Potato, eggs, and water. They eat pancakes at any time i.e breakfast or lunch or dinner or tea time.
Ukraine
Pancake is the most loved food here. They are small and thick in size. They called it oladyi. Its basic ingredients are flour, eggs, milk, nuts, and sugar.They eat pancakes at any time i.e breakfast or lunch or dinner or tea time.
Germany
In Germany, pancakes are called Pfannkuchen and Kaiserschmarran. The main ingredients of Pfannkuchen pancakes are flour, eggs, salt, milk, and herbs. They are a little thicker than a crepe. They are served as a light meal, dessert, or snack.
Kaiserschmarran is made from flour, milk, raisin, water or rum, vanilla, extracts, sugar, salt, and milk. They are served as a dessert or snack.
6.Africa
Horn of Africa
In the Horn of Africa, Pancakes called injera. Its Main ingredients are Teff flour, Water, and yeast. Its color is dark or light brown. Pancakes are served with curry, soup, or stew.
Kenya
In Kenya, people love to eat both types of pancakes, Crêpe, and Fluffy. Pancakes are the most eaten food at breakfast. The main ingredients are flour, eggs, sugar, milk, or water.
South Africa
In South Africa, Pancakes called pannekoek. People love to eat crepe pancakes. Pannekoek is soft and crispy pancakes, made from flour, eggs, sugar, milk, or water. They are served with Cinnamon flavored sugar or sometimes with lemon juice.
Uganda
In Uganda, pancakes are served as a breakfast item or as a snack option. Banana is an important ingredient of pancakes. The main ingredients are flour, eggs, sugar, milk or water, butter.
7.Asia -East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia
Asia
Asia is one of the largest and most populous and diverse continent.It will difficult to know about the food variation because of its large size. So let put into three- East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia .Lets start with East Asia First.
East Asia
China
Chinese loves to eat pancakes as a side item. The main ingredients are flour, vegetable oil, water, salt, and five-spice powder. Pence called here scallion pancakes or cong you bing. They serve it with sauce.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cong_you_bing
Japan
In Japan Crepe and thick, both types of pancakes are very famous. Fluffy pancakes are called okonomiyaki. The main ingredients are flour, cabbage, eggs, salt. It served as the main course.
Crepe pancakes are mostly sweet and eaten as desert.
Korea
In Korea, pancakes are the most eaten food item. It can be served at breakfast or lunch or dinner or tea time. So you can understand its popularity. The main ingredients are flour, eggs, sugar or salt, milk or water, and butter. It called Buchimgae here.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchimgae
South Asia
India
Indis is a big country with different culture and language. So pancakes making style and its taste also vary from one state to another state. One thing is common that they do not use raising agents like the west.
In Eastern India, pancakes are called malpuas. The main ingredients are flour, sugar or jaggery and water or milk. They deep fry in oil and served as a sweet dessert. They can be eaten plain or with curry.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malpua
In Middle India, besan chela and moong chela are famous. The ingredients are besan flour or dal flour or rice flour, salt, cumin seed, and vegetable oil. It is cooked into a pan or iron Tawa.https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/moong-dal-chilla-recipe/
In Western India like Maharashtra, Goa, Gujrat Pancakes called thalipeeth. It is made from Tapioca(sabudana flour), Rajgir, coriander seeds, wheat, salt, and oil.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalipeeth
In North India, pancakes called Namkeen roti and served with tea or pickle. This made from wheat flour, salt, methi leaves, and vegetable oil. In some of the part is also called as cheela.https://www.bawarchi.com/recipe/namkeen-papad-roti-oetle1ibbcaah.html
In south India pancakes have so many different names.They called Uttapam .neerdoasa,dosa,appam.They are made from rice powder and urad dal. They both soaked in water separately overnight and then grind in a mixer. Either it is crepe type or little thick than a crepe. Vegetables are used for filling or can also be eaten plain. They served with sambhar or sauce.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosa
Nepal
In Nepal, Pancakes called as newar. It is made from rice powder. You can eat plain or can eat with meat or eggs like pizza.
Pakistan
Rishiki is a Pakistani pancake. It made from wheat flour, water, eggs, and sugar. They are thick than a crepe but not like American pancakes.
South East Asia
Indonesia
In Indonesia, pancakes are called panekuk. Banana is the main ingredient apart from Rice flour, coconut milk, and butter. They use meat, chicken, cheese, fruits, and syrup for topping. They serve as the main course at lunch or dinner.
Malaysia and Singapore
Pancakes are loved and staple side food items in Malaysia and Singapore. It called durian pancakes. They are made from flour, water, sugar, or salt. Mainly served with curry items.
Myanmar (Burma)
Myanmar is famous for its pancakes called bein mont. It made from rice flour, jaggery, and coconut. They served at tea time in the morning or evening.
Philippines
In the Philippines, pancakes called salukara.It made from rice, butter, eggs, sugar, and coconut milk. Pancakes are eaten here as a desert.
Vietnam
In Vietnam, there is a wide variety of pancakes are famous. Vietnamese pancakes are salty and stuffed with vegetables. Their basic ingredients are flour and water. Salty pancakes are crispy and stuffed with vegetables or meat and made from rice flour.
8.Russia
Russia is famous for its blinchiki pancakes. They are made from flour, eggs, and milk or water. They don’t use raising agents at all. They eat pancakes at any time i.e breakfast or lunch or dinner or tea time. Pancake is the most loved food here.
Such a big world of pancakes. They all are different tastes, sizes, and serving styles worldwide but surprisingly it is a staple food item and loved by all. So now what are you thinking?
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