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Lempeng Pisang - traditionelle malayische Bananenpfannkuchen - traditional Malaysian banana pancakes, cooked in and served on a banana leaf

Lempeng Pisang - A recipe for traditional Malaysian banana pancakes

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Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: Malaysian
Keyword: Banana, Pancake
Cook Time: 1 hour
Servings: 4 pancakes

Ingredients

  • 120 g flour
  • ½ egg beaten
  • 3 bananas ripe
  • 30 g sugar
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 125 ml water
  • 50 g coconut grated
  • 125 ml coconut milk
  • 50 g butter melted
  • oil
  • banana leaves (optional)

Instructions

  • Cut or prepare your banana leaves. The size of each piece should be about as wide as your pan and twice the length.
    Schneiden der Bananenblätter - Cutting the banana leaf for cooking
  • Mash the bananas in a large mixing bowl.
  • Add the flour, egg, sugar, salt and water and mix it well.
  • Add melted butter, the grated coconut and coconut milk and mix the batter.
  • Heat a pan on medium heat and add a bit of oil so that the pan is lightly covered.
  • Place a banana leaf in the pan with one half inside the pan, on which you place one ladle of batter.
    Pfannkuchen im Bananenblatt in der Pfanne - Pancake cooked inside a banana leaf in the pan
  • Fold the leaf over the battered half and fry it for 2-3 minutes.
  • Then flip the whole parcel over and continue to fry it until the banana leaf crispens and the dough is cooked through.
    Lempeng Pisang - traditionelle malayische Bananenpfannkuchen - traditional Malaysian banana pancakes, cooked in and served on a banana leaf

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