Chinese Pancakes
Great Curry Recipes recipe - Chinese

- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- EASY
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups (256g) plain flour or OO flour
- 3/4 cup (180ml) boiling hot water
- 1 additional cup (128g) flour for dusting and rolling out the pancakes
- Sesame oil
Instructions
- 1
Place the flour in a bowl and pour the boiling water on top.
- 2
Using a wooden spoon stir it all to combine.
- 3
Now using your hands kneed it all together into a firm dough ball for about two minutes.
- 4
Place back in the bowl and cover the bowl with a damp cloth for about ten minutes.
- 5
When you are ready to make your pancakes, press the dough down on a floured, clean flat surface and roll into a circle about 1/4 inch (35mm) thick.
- 6
Using a cup or cooking cutter approximately 3 inches diameter (76mm), cut the dough into equal sized circles.
- 7
Once you've done this, roll the remaining dough into another dough ball and repeat until you've used all or most of the dough.
- 8
This will leave you with about 20 equal sized circles.
- 9
Brush half of the circles with a little oil. Not too much. There should just be a film of oil on each.
- 10
Top each circle with one of the remaining circles.
- 11
Heat up a frying pan over high heat while you continue making your pancakes.
- 12
Using a rolling pen, roll each two disc combo into a flat circle. It should increase about seven inched in diameter.
- 13
Place each of the pancakes in the frying pan. I usually only cook one or two at a time.
- 14
When the top of the pancake begins to bubble slightly, turn it over with a flat spatula.
- 15
Toast the other side.
- 16
Now carefully separate the two flat pancakes and place in a bowl covered with the damp cloth while you cook the rest. This will help keep them warm.
- 17
Serve wrapped around your favourite filling.