Mee Jian Kuih 麵煎粿
The weekends in SA are Thursdays and Fridays, instead of Saturdays and Sundays that we are accustomed to. Hence today is my hubby's rest day, so I work up early to prepare lunch and also made a mee jian kuih as afternoon snack.
Our lunch was baked lamb with potatoes, cumin and tomatoes, and you can get the recipe from here.
This is my first attempt in making mee jian kuih, and fortunately it turned out well. And I'm really happy when hubby said that my version tastes like the real deal. :-)
Mee Jian Kuih Recipe 麵煎粿
Ingredients:
1 egg
30g caster sugar
30ml canola or sunflower oil
125ml water
125g plain flour
3g baking powder
1g baking soda
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
Filling:
80g toasted peanuts, grind coarsely
70g caster sugar
20g salted butter, cut into small pieces
Method:
1) Combine egg and sugar in a medium bowl, beat the mixture with a whisk until sugar dissolves.
2) Add oil to the mixture, stir until combine. Then stir in half of the amount of water.
3) Sift plain flour, baking powder and baking soda onto the batter, then mix thoroughly.
4) Then stir in remaining water and vanilla essence into the batter.
5) Lightly grease a 30cm flat frying pan and put it on medium heat.
6) Pour the batter into the pan and when the pancake is almost cooked, sprinkle peanuts, sugar and pieces of butter on it.
7) When the pancake is fully cooked, flip one side over and fold in half. Dish out the pancake and then cut into 4 wedges. Serve.
Our lunch was baked lamb with potatoes, cumin and tomatoes, and you can get the recipe from here.
This is my first attempt in making mee jian kuih, and fortunately it turned out well. And I'm really happy when hubby said that my version tastes like the real deal. :-)
Mee Jian Kuih Recipe 麵煎粿
Ingredients:
1 egg
30g caster sugar
30ml canola or sunflower oil
125ml water
125g plain flour
3g baking powder
1g baking soda
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
Filling:
80g toasted peanuts, grind coarsely
70g caster sugar
20g salted butter, cut into small pieces
Method:
1) Combine egg and sugar in a medium bowl, beat the mixture with a whisk until sugar dissolves.
2) Add oil to the mixture, stir until combine. Then stir in half of the amount of water.
3) Sift plain flour, baking powder and baking soda onto the batter, then mix thoroughly.
4) Then stir in remaining water and vanilla essence into the batter.
5) Lightly grease a 30cm flat frying pan and put it on medium heat.
6) Pour the batter into the pan and when the pancake is almost cooked, sprinkle peanuts, sugar and pieces of butter on it.
7) When the pancake is fully cooked, flip one side over and fold in half. Dish out the pancake and then cut into 4 wedges. Serve.
Comments
Thanks for the recipe!
:)
This is what the Penang hawkers are showing.
The lamb casserole looks really good. Which cut of the lamb is suitable for this dish?
The recipe is extremely easy, try it out. It feels good to make our own mee jian kuih too!
Hi Anon,
Thanks for dropping by!
Hi Mae,
Thanks. I used beef in this dish before and it worked fine.
Hi Bee,
I think you're referring to the thin and crispy crust ban jian kuih that we have in Penang. In SG, the dough is much thicker with only peanuts as filling, and it's called mee jian kuih.
I miss our version of ban jian kuih with corn, peanuts and lotsa sugar! I've been thinking of making my own by using my mini frying pan, I wonder if it'll work. ;-)
Hi Didally,
Haha, I'm completely clueless when it comes to different cuts of beef or lamb. I got a pack of lamb chunks from supermarket and I've no idea which part of lamb it came from. But it worked well in this dish, so I supposed any meaty chunks is ok. :-P
I don't think you can.
P/S; Better than the real deal perhaps! =D
How is life over there? I hope you & family are fine. Happy that you started working in the kitchen again. Wonderful work, first time working on this Mee Jian Kuih & so successful. I think I will give it a try. Congratulation.
yours look soo good and yes, like the real thing :)
i got a fluffy pancake with peanut filling instead because i used the wrong flour. it still tasted very good though! thanks for the recipe :)
I'm sure that yours would still taste good since it's fluffy. Glad that you like the recipe. :-)
Today, I tried out this recipe and found the batter kind of thick, so I added more water and managed to get a softer pancake. The taste was great however, I didn't see a lot of bubbles. Do you think it's because I had over-mixed the batter with the hand whisk? I saw bubbles during the mix thorough process. Should I see them? What does your mix it thoroughly mean?