Pancakes are an ancient Slavic dish that came to us from the pagans. As a rule, pancakes are prepared on Shrovetide. Moreover, each day of Shrovetide week is accompanied by a certain reason for cooking pancakes. There is a day when pancakes are prepared for mother-in-law, husband, parents.
Earlier, before the arrival of Christianity to the Slavs, pancakes were prepared for the goddess Lada. This is the pagan goddess of fertility. It was believed that the more pancakes to bring her, the more abundant the harvest will be the year.
Later, offerings to the goddess were replaced by relations to relatives. Probably, it was necessary for the preservation of traditions in the orthodox direction.
Let’s prepare at home fragrant thin pancakes for every day.
Ingredients for pancakes:
- Flour – 200 g;
- Salt – 1/4 tsp;
- Sugar – 1 tsp;
- Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp;
- Soda – 1/3 tsp;
- Carbonated water – 500 ml.
Preparation of pancakes:
In a bowl with flour pour salt and sugar, add baking soda and vegetable oil. Gradually pour soda water into the flour and mix.
Fry thin pancakes in a frying pan in a small amount of vegetable oil.
Spread the pancakes on the pan with a ladle
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Once the batter has set on top, flip the pancake and cook for another minute.
As a result, we have thin delicious breakfast pancakes.
You can wrap any filling in them, from meat to eggs and onions.
