Apam Balik

Ingredients

2.5 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp instant yeast

2 eggs

4 tbsp sugar

2 cups of water (I used 1 cup of water+1 cup of fresh milk)

fillings

roasted ground peanuts

sugar

optional: cream of corn, chocolate chips or cheese

Directions

• whisk flour, baking soda, yeast, egg, sugar, water and milk till smooth and no lumps
• refrigerate for 3 hours or more
• heat lightly oiled pan and scoop batter to cover the surface
• let it bubble then sprinkle sugar and cover with lid for another minute till surface looks cook (raw batter is no longer visible)
• sprinkle with peanut and cream of corn or chocolate chip or cheese
• leave till pancake is deep golden brown on the bottom and crispy on the edges
• loosen edges and fold pancake into 2
• remove from pan, cut to 2 or 4 pieces and serve warm

Foodnote
Have always wanted to make apam balik myself because it is one of my favorite pasar malam food. So finally... here it is. Found a simple recipe from youtube. Supposed to refrigerate for 5 hours or overnight but I don't have time for that as the guests are coming over... but it is still good.
Made a variety of chocolate chips+cheese, chocolate chips+cream of corn+peanuts, peanuts+cream of corn... just to entertain the kids and they love it. None is left! Very easy recipe and I am so pleased with the outcome.

This same recipe is also good for making pancake/hotcake. Extra batter can be left in the fridge for a few days.

Granola Dust

Ingredients

800g Quaker rolled oats

230g mixed nuts and seeds (I use walnut, almond, pinenuts, pecan, macadamia)

230g mixed dried fruits (I use dried figs, dates, raisin, sun dried tomato)

1 orange zest

1 tbsp coffee powder

3 tbsp cocoa powder

Directions

• bake oats, nuts & orange zest in oven (170 degrees C) for 15-20 mins. Stir every 5mins  until oats & nuts gets a bit crunchy & crispy
• once oats & nuts are cooled, use food blender to grind with the rest of the ingredients to form 'dust'
• keep in airtight container
• serve 1/2 cup of healthy and sugar free granola dust with milk or/and yoghurt together with fresh berries or/and chopped fresh fruits

Foodnote

Saw my friend post this recipe by Jamie Oliver on his facebook and have the strong urge to try it (actually more because I have an empty and cool looking glass jar that he gave me and the granola dust will be perfect for it). The portion and ingredients have been adjusted to include whatever I have on hand. Would be good to have more seeds like flaxseed but I don't want to buy a big packet and leave it lying around too long. Eeerrr should have halfed the ingredients but ok lah... now I have like 2 months supply of granola dust for breakfast haha.