Lotus Leaf Pancakes Recipe

Ingredients :

450 g

1 1/4 cups

3 teaspoon

Plain flour

Boiling water

Vegetable oil

1. Sift the flour into a mixing bowl and very slowly pour in the boiling water, mixed with 1 teaspoon oil, while stirring with a pair of chopsticks or a wooden spoon.
2. Do not be tempted to add any more water than the amount given, otherwise the mixture will get too wet and become messy.
3. Knead the mixture into a firm dough, then divide it into 3 equal portions.
4. Now roll out each portion into a long 'sausage' and cut each sausage into 8 equal parts.
5. Using the palm of your hand, press each piece into a flat pancake.
6. Brush one of the pancakes with a little oil and place another one on top to form a 'sandwich', so that you end up with 12 sandwiches.
7. Now use a rolling pin to flatten each sandwich into a 15cm circle by rolling gently on each side on a lightly floured surface.
8. To cook, place a frying pan over a high heat, and when it is hot reduce the heat to moderate.
9. Put one pancake 'sandwich' at a time into the un-greased pan, and turn it over when it starts to puff up with bubbles.
10. it is done when little brown sports appear on the underside.
11. Remove from the pan and very gently peel apart the 2 layers and fold each one in half.
12. If the pancakes are not to be served as soon as they are cooked, then can be stored and warmed up, either in a steamer, or the oven for 5-10 minutes.