Millet pancakes were also baked by our grandmothers, who were familiar with the secrets of preparing the simplest and heartiest dishes. This delicacy has a pleasant taste, wonderful aroma and very useful properties. We will talk about how to cook this dish in this article.
Mordovian millet pancakes. Ingredients
You do not need to have special culinary talents to make pancakes on millet porridge. The recipe for the dish came to our country from Mordovia. It is quite simple, but the cooking process will take some time. First you need to find out what foods are needed to create the food. According to the recipe, millet pancakes are prepared from the following ingredients:
- milk - 1 cup;
- millet groats - 1 glass;
- wheat flour - 2 cups;
- yeast (dry or fresh) - 10-20 grams;
- sugar, salt - to taste;
- an egg - 2 pieces;
- butter - to taste.
- lard to taste.
Mordovian millet pancakes. Cooking dough
- First of all, you need to cook millet porridge. To do this, take the cereal, rinse and scald it with boiling water. Then you should pour millet with three glasses of water, put on moderate heat and cook until cooked. If desired, you can make porridge in milk.
- While millet is languishing on fire, you need to cook the dough. To do this, in half a glass of warm milk, you must dissolve the yeast together with a pinch of sugar and one tablespoon of flour.
- Opara should rise about half an hour. The duration of this process depends on the yeast itself, temperature, and other circumstances.
- Next, the finished porridge must be kneaded with a pusher until smooth. You can use a blender to get the best result.
- After that, well-sifted flour should be added to the porridge.
- Then, the dough and eggs must be carefully introduced into the resulting mass. Finally, you need to flavor the pancake dough with salt and sugar (to taste).
- Now the mass should be thoroughly mixed so that there are no lumps left. Then it must be left for an hour.
- After the millet mass doubles in volume, you need to thoroughly mix it. The consistency of the dough should be slightly thicker than for baking ordinary pancakes. If it turned out to be too liquid, you need to add flour to it, if thick - warm milk.
- Now the mass should stand in a warm place for another thirty to forty minutes. During this time, it will rise again, become magnificent and homogeneous.
So the dough is ready, from which you can make wonderful millet pancakes. The recipe for this treat will be a good help for any housewife. Below we will talk about how to fry pancakes properly.
Mordovian millet pancakes. Cooking
- Before frying millet pancakes, carefully lubricate the pan with pork fat. Then the dishes need to be heated over moderate heat.
- After this, part of the dough must be poured into the pan. It should spread itself, so you do not need to rotate and tilt the dishes.
- The pancake in the baking process should be turned only when it is thoroughly baked. This means that there should be no dough on top at this moment.
- Next, you need to turn the pancake and bake it on the other side. Then the finished treat should be generously greased with butter on both sides.
So, you are ready to eat hearty and delicious millet pancakes! They are usually served with condensed milk, sour cream, honey or jam.
Yeast millet pancakes. Ingredients
This is another recipe for cooking. It has a slightly different way of kneading the dough. Also below will be presented a method of preparing the sauce, which is ideal for millet pancakes.
You will need:
- millet porridge (crumbly) - 4 tablespoons;
- milk - 300 milliliters;
- wheat flour - 4 tablespoons with a hill;
- sugar - 1 tablespoon;
- olive oil - 5 tablespoons;
- eggs - 3 pieces;
- salt - half a teaspoon;
- feta cheese - 80 grams;
- fat cream - 150 grams;
- butter (melted) - to taste;
- chopped garlic and green onions to taste;
- yeast (high-speed, dry) - 7 grams.
Millet pancakes yeast. Cooking method
- First you need to mix millet porridge with flour, yeast, salt, sugar and 200 milliliters of warm milk. Then all the ingredients should be thoroughly mixed with a mixer to a homogeneous consistency, covered with a towel and left in a warm place for an hour.
- After this, you need to add the egg yolks, the remaining milk and vegetable oil to the risen dough. Then the whites should be whipped into a steep foam and carefully introduced into the total mass. Next, the dough should again be covered with a towel and left for another hour.
- Now the pan for pancakes with a diameter of 16-18 centimeters must be heated over medium heat. Then you need to dip the ladle into the millet mass, fill it about 2/3 and pour the dough, evenly distributing it on the surface of the hot dishes. Then cover the pan.
- After the pancake is completely seized and begins to lag behind the dishes, it needs to be turned over to the other side. Ready-made pastries should be stacked, greased with melted butter.
- Then you need to make the sauce. To do this, place the feta cheese and cream in a blender bowl and rub together with garlic. Next, combine the resulting mixture with finely chopped onions. The consistency of the sauce should resemble thick sour cream.

So prepare millet pancakes. The recipe for this baking is easily mastered even by a novice hostess. Try it and you will succeed! Enjoy your meal!