Delicious, delicate and aromatic thin or lush pancakes with butter and sour cream, jam, honey, sugar, buckwheat, mushrooms, meat ... The dough can be prepared in several ways: traditional (in milk and eggs), on water, on kefir (without eggs ), choux. And each in its own way is interesting and allows you to get a particularly soft texture, elasticity, delicacy of the finished dish.
Recipes and step-by-step instructions regarding the preparation of pancakes on kefir (custard, without eggs, on water and others) - in our article.
Description
There are people who believe that pancakes belong to traditional Russian cuisine, since this dish is so deeply associated with Russia and its people. But the story goes that this is not entirely true.
In fact, pancakes are the traditional food of many countries of the world. And each nationality has its own "corporate" recipe (and its derivatives).
For example, the Egyptians in ancient times (before Christ) prepared pancakes from sour dough in the form of thin cakes, and now - on yeast. In England, malt flour and ale are added to the dough. And in hot Spain - corn. In Germany, pancakes are served with lemon and sugar. Well, who doesn’t know the traditional American pancakes that are eaten with maple syrup?
And, of course, Russian pancakes: thin or lush, on milk or water, on kefir, with fillings or just with butter. And what Pancake week does without this delicacy? Mistresses-sorceresses bake not just pancakes, but make whole pancake compositions (in the form of flowers, magnificent dresses for dolls and so on) and high cakes with layers of different sweets (jam, condensed milk).
Currently, according to the reviews of guests of the sites about healthy eating, it has become very popular to cook pancakes without milk and eggs (vegetarian or lean version), but on kefir or on it and water, as well as custard.
This article discusses several of these recipes. As well as recommendations regarding preparation.
Kefir custard
This method of preparation allows you to use milk or water instead of kefir as a liquid component. There are also no eggs in the recipe.
Therefore, pancakes will appeal not only to vegetarians, but also to those who lead a healthy lifestyle (including in terms of nutrition).
Description of the cooking process and ingredients:
- Pour 300 milliliters of kefir into the pan for cooking (any fat content), heat up.
- During heating, wheat flour (50 grams) and soda (4 grams) are gradually mixed in warm kefir.
- Remove from heat, add salt (5 grams) and sugar (20 grams), mix.
- Pour the rest of the flour (200 grams), stir, remove the lumps (the consistency of the dough is similar to fat sour cream).
- Add 40 milliliters of vegetable (olive, pumpkin, linseed, sunflower) oil.
- After about 10 minutes (this is the time for tincture of the dough and the appearance of wheat gluten), you can start frying the pancakes.
- Heat a frying pan, grease with 5 milliliters of oil and pour exactly as much dough, what size is the cooking mold itself, and also what thickness the workpiece you want to get in the end.
Experienced chefs say that you can think of a filling for custard pancakes on kefir without any eggs: fruits, berries, honey, vegetables, cereals, beans.
Thin pancakes
For everyone who loves this flour dish, especially when the workpiece itself is tender, thawing in the mouth, the thinnest, there are several ways to get such pancakes: adding a little more liquid to the dough or using starch. This recipe follows the first method.
Cooking pancakes without eggs on kefir with boiling water:
- Pour 400 milliliters of kefir into a container for kneading dough, add salt (5 g), sugar (10 g), soda (5 g), mix with a spoon.
- Pour out wheat flour (250 g) gradually, stir to a minimum amount of lumps.
- Pour 200 milliliters of boiling water into the mixture, stir with a whisk until the lumps are completely dissolved and a homogeneous test consistency is obtained.
- Add 40 milliliters of vegetable oil.
- Preheat the pan, oil, pour a moderate amount of dough, gently turn over to the other side (thin pancakes to maintain their integrity).
- Grease the finished dish with butter and serve.
On kefir and boiling water
In this recipe, kefir and boiled water (boiling water) are used in equal amounts, which also allows you to cook beautiful and tasty pancakes.
Description of the process and ingredients:
- Pour 50 grams of sugar into a batch container, add soda (5 grams) and salt (5 grams), mix.
- Pour boiling water (250 milliliters) into the mixture, stirring quickly.
- Pour 250 milliliters of kefir at room temperature, stir.
- Add refined oil (60 milliliters) to the mixture.
- Pour wheat flour (200 grams), mix, remove lumps.
- Pre-heat the pan, oil and start cooking pancakes.
The finished dish (according to reviews of people who have tried this version of the test) goes well with these types of fillings: potatoes, mushrooms, jam.
Recipe with highly carbonated mineral water
Another surprisingly simple way to make pancakes without kefir and milk is on eggs and water.
The texture is delicate, airy, the workpieces do not stick to the surface of the pan at all.
A great opportunity to quickly make a delicious homemade dessert - pancakes with jam, jam, honey.
Process description:
- Wheat flour (150 g) is passed through a sieve into a container for dough.
- Add sugar (10 g) and salt (5 g), beat 1 chicken egg, mix.
- Pour warm boiled water (250 milliliters) into the mixture, mix until smooth (thick sour cream consistency).
- Gradually pour heavily carbonated mineral water (250 milliliters), mix quickly (the mixture will be liquidish, with bubbles).
- Pour vegetable oil (50 milliliters) into the dough.
- Set aside the mixture for 20 minutes to reach the desired state.
- Before baking pancakes, it is recommended to grease the inner surface of the pan with vegetable oil and preheat it.
With starch
It is starch that gives special tenderness to this dish. According to this recipe for thin pancakes on kefir and without eggs, vegetable oil is not added. But the baking process takes place in a greased frying pan.
Preparation and ingredients:
- Pour kefir (1 liter) into the container.
- Add 20 grams of granulated sugar, 10 grams of salt, 10 grams of soda, 20 grams of starch, mix.
- Pass the wheat flour (450 grams) through a sieve, add to the remaining components.
- Beat the mixture well with a blender.
- Allow to infuse for 20 minutes (until the air bubbles disappear).
- Heat the pan, oil and start cooking pancakes.
Delicious dough for such sweet fillings as boiled or raw condensed milk, poppy seeds with sugar, honey.
Sweet Lush Pancakes
According to recipes on kefir and without eggs, you can cook not only thin, but also magnificent pancakes. This texture can be obtained by adding kefir and baking powder to the dough.
Description of the cooking process and ingredients:
- Pour salt (5 grams) and sugar (50 grams) into a dough bowl.
- Add 0.5 liters of fatty kefir (3.2%) and vegetable oil (20 milliliters), mix.
- Pass 200 grams of wheat flour through a sieve, pour to the ingredients.
- Add baking powder for dough (5 grams).
- Beat the mixture thoroughly with a whisk until air bubbles appear.
- Fry pancakes in a preheated and oiled pan (at the beginning of the process, the temperature should be high, and then it should be lowered so that the dough is baked inside).
Such a magnificent and delicious fried dough, according to gourmets, is perfect for eating without fillings. And you can add jam, sour cream, cream, berries.
Cooking recommendations
In general, in the appearance of the test for pancakes on kefir and without eggs, there is nothing special, rather it looks like what is cooked in milk and eggs.
But to make lean dishes especially tasty, some recommendations of professionals will help:
- When boiling water is present in the composition, it is important to pour in a thin stream and quickly mix the mixture in order to avoid its negative effect on the remaining components (do not “cook” them).
- When the consistency of the dough is more liquid, then the finished dish turns out to be thin and has many holes that give pancakes an openwork.
- After kneading the dough, it is important to let it brew for 15-30 minutes, so that the gluten of the flour manifests itself in its entirety, and then the finished dish will then be more elastic.
- Kefir dough and without eggs can be prepared in advance, for example in the evening, and fry pancakes in the morning. It is recommended to store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Summary
Thin and magnificent homemade pancakes according to recipes - on kefir, without eggs, on water, custard, with eggs and so on - this is always a great opportunity to diversify the home menu, as well as surprise relatives and friends (according to hostesses).
The presence in the culinary collection of different cooking options for this dish allows you to always quickly bake a delicious, delicate, aromatic and hearty treat, snack.
Also, recipes will help all fasting and vegetarians pamper themselves with tasty and healthy food (pancakes on kefir, without eggs, on water).