Pancakes are for the most part a dish of European cuisine. It is quite difficult to find an analog of this dish in other world agglomerations. In general, European recipes penetrated into the cultures of other countries and peoples during the exploration of new territories. This
is probably how the fashion for pancakes came to Japan. Asians believe that real pancakes must be puffy. Otherwise, they cannot be eaten
. There are several tricks to make pancakes look like fluff. We will tell you how you can make classic fritters puffy and soft.
Ingredients for fritters:
- kefir – 250 ml;
- flour – 140 g;
- baking soda – ½ tsp;
- salt – a pinch;
- sugar – tbsp.
Preparation of fritters:
In a bowl with warm kefir pour baking soda, wait for the formation of bubbles on the surface of the fermented milk product. Then add sugar to the kefir, mix the ingredients until the grains of sand dissolve.
Salt the mixture of kefir and soda, gradually pour flour into it. It is necessary to knead a thick dough, which will easily slide off the spoon.
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. Make sure that the oil covers the entire bottom of the pan. Use a tablespoon to spoon the batter into the frying pan and fry
the fritters
over a low-medium heat
. After the fritters have browned on one side, start frying the other side. After a minute of frying, cover the skillet with a lid for 1.5 minutes.
Thanks to this simple cooking algorithm, you will get puffy fritters. They do not burn, while retaining their puffiness after cooking.
