Scallion Pancakes
Scallion Pancakes is a popular street food made using flour, scallions(spring onion), salt and water. Crisp on the outside with a chewy inside and flaky these Scallion Pancakes tastes soo delicious.
Servings2
Ingredients
- 1 cup maida
- 1/4 cup hot water
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup spring onion
- salt to taste
For dipping sauce
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon soya sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon red chilli flakes
- 1 tablespoon spring onion
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper powder
Instructions
- To a mixing bowl add 1 cup maida along with required salt.
- Mix this well first.
- Heat water until it starts to boil.
- Add 1/4 cup hot water along with 1/4 cup regular water. You can add more later if needed.
- Mix it well with a spatula.
- When it is hand bearable start kneading. Knead well to a soft elastic dough.
- Add few drops of oil spread it and set aside for few mins. Keep it covered to avoid it from drying.
- After few mins knead it again for few mins.
- Now transfer the dough to a work surface. Divide into 4.
- Roll into smooth balls.
- Take a ball flatten with fingers first then sprinkle flour and start rolling.
- Roll it as thin as possible like shown.Now spread little oil this is for the green onion to stick to the dough well.
- Start rolling from one end to finish it at the other end.
- Slightly stretch and elongate it.
- Now roll it to a circle like shown below. Tuck in the loose end inside at the bottom.
- Slightly press it.
- Now roll it into slightly thick discs around 1/4 an inch thickness.
- Heat a roti tawa drizzle oil then add the pancakes one at a time. Spread oil on top.
- Flip over and cook.
- Flip over and cook until golden brown on both the sides.
- Scallion Pancake is ready to serve.
- Repeat to finish the other pancakes also. Now stack them and tap at the ends for the layers to separate.
- Layers are separated.
- You can serve it as such or cut into triangles and serve.
- For the dipping sauce : To a bowl add 1 tablespoon vinegar, 1/8 teaspoon soya sauce,1/4 teaspoon red chilli flakes, 1 tablespoon spring onion and 1/4 teaspoon crushed pepper.
- Mix it well and your dipping sauce is ready.
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Notes
- Always use hot water to make the dough soft. This soft dough gives soft chewy pancakes.
- The dough should be elastic, you can even do a window pane test if you want : Stretch the dough until the window pane on the other side can be seen through the dough.
- A well kneaded dough should spring back when pressed.
- Always use a combination of hot water with regular water.
- You can replace maida with whole wheat flour or substitute 50-50 of maida and wheat flour if you are looking for healthy alternates.
- Instead of rolling with a rolling pin you can use your fingers to pat it to a a thick disc.
- If the dough sticks while rolling dust flour and then roll.
- The onions may peep out while rolling do not worry it is perfectly fine.
- You can slice and use both white and green part of spring onion.
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