plain flour Archives - Just Julie https://www.julieolive.co.uk/tag/plain-flour/ A Malaysian lost in Britain Tue, 09 May 2023 22:08:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 134825744 Apam Balik https://www.julieolive.co.uk/2019/03/05/apam-balik/ https://www.julieolive.co.uk/2019/03/05/apam-balik/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2019 22:36:12 +0000 https://www.julieolive.co.uk/?p=1308 Today is Shrove Tuesday. The word shrove is a form of the English word shrive, which means to obtain absolution for one’s sins by way of Confession and doing penance. Thus Shrove Tuesday was named after the custom of Christians to be “shriven” before the start of Lent. We eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday in the UK. Shrove Tuesday is the day before …

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Today is Shrove Tuesday. The word shrove is a form of the English word shrive, which means to obtain absolution for one’s sins by way of Confession and doing penance. Thus Shrove Tuesday was named after the custom of Christians to be “shriven” before the start of Lent.

We eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday in the UK. Shrove Tuesday is the day before Lent starts: the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. It’s a day of penitence, to clean the soul, and a day of celebration as the last chance to feast before Lent begins. Shrove Tuesday is sometimes called Pancake Day after the fried batter recipe traditionally eaten on this day.

I have decided to make Apam Balik, our Malaysian pancake. I am making the traditional fillings but please do use peanut butter, jam or anything else you preferred.

Hubby colleagues gets to be educated about Malaysian style pancakes Apam Balik.

Yeah!

Update 6th March 2019 – The children were complaining they did not get to eat any yesterday so I woke up early this morning and made another batch. Pandan apam balik. All I did was reduce half a cup of water and add in pandan juice.

Note – Photos added in.

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Traditional Apam Balik

Ingredients

  • 350 g Plain flour
  • 3 Eggs
  • 150 g Castor Sugar
  • 5 g Yeast or 7 g sachet
  • 5 g Bicarbonate soda or 7 g sachet
  • 2 cups Lukewarm water

Instructions

DIY Cream sweetcorn

  • Blend normal sweetcorn with a touch of milk.

Peanuts

  • Toast the peanuts, remove the skin and blend but not too fine.

Cane Sugar

  • Use cane sugar for sprinkle

Batter

  • Just mix everything together and let it sit for 30 minutes or more like pancake.

Frying

  • Heat pan then put some butter and fry an egg to even the heat. 
  • Wipe off all the butter before putting in the batter. 
  • When you place the batter in, swirl the batter to coat the sides a bit as I like eating the sides.  Cover for a minute or so until bubbles appear.
  • Sprinkle cane sugar, crushed peanuts and cream sweet corn. Cover for a couple of minute.
  • Remove cover and flip one side over to the other side. Cover and leave for another minute before removing from pan.
  • Rest few minutes if you can before cutting and eating.

Notes

TIP – I use only small heat but my pan is Anolon – Please try out your pan and adjust.
TIP – Always fry an egg and remove before putting first bit of batter in to even out the heat.
TIP – This batter makes 3 pans of 30cm size.
TIP – Clean your pan after each use if there it has spillage. 
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  • My son only want peanut butter in his. Sigh…….

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The boy lollipop requested turkey schnitzel. He said I have not made this for ages. I use to cook this with all types of protein then keep some to make sandwiches for his school lunch box. This is a very easy but children and adult pleasing dish. You can make a sauce for it but there is no need actually. Children loves it dip in ketchup and adults preferred a squeeze of lemon and tartare sauce with a bit of capers. 

You can serve with potatoes, pasta or anything you like but I have always serve with a side salads.

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Turkey schnitzel with lettuce & pickled red peppers

Ingredients

  • Fillets of turkeys
  • Butter for frying
  • Lemon wedges
  • Tartare sauce + capers
  • Plate 1
  • buttermilk
  • pinch salt
  • Plate 2
  • all purpose flour
  • pinch salt
  • Plate 3
  • beaten eggs
  • peppers
  • salt
  • Plate 4
  • Golden breadcrumbs
  • Panko Japanese breadcrumbs
  • Parmesan cheese grated

Instructions

  • Lightly flatten the turkey steaks to same thickness with rolling pin if you do not have a meat tenderiser mallet. Then place onto plate 1 to soak for at least 15 minutes.
  • Removed your turkey steaks from milk bath, dust with your flour (Plate 2).
  • Remove excess flours then dip into your eggs (Plate 3).
  • Lastly coat with the breadcrumbs (Plate 4) generously removing excess and place to rest before frying.
  • Fry with a lump of butter. Fry each side on low heat for 2 minuted before turning twice over. 6 minutes was ample time for me. The turkey was tender and juicy.

Notes

TIP – Leave turkey slices to room temperature. There is no need to keep back in the fridge. From start to finish this dish will take hardly any time, the longest being the milk bath. Of course depending on how many slices you are making as well as frying 2 slices take about 6 minutes. So if you do the milk bath before getting the other plates ready I feed my family of 4 with leftover for sandwiches (6 steaks) took me about an hour. (Including washing up and cleaning up) TIP – you can substitute different types of protein. TIP to get a ‘clean’ look wipe the pan each time after frying with kitchen roll.

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How do I cook my roast potatoes? I have been asked this a few times in the past week. So I have decided to do this guide. My family love roast potatoes this way. As this is full of fats and carbohydrates I have designated this to a treat dish and usually only served this once in a few months except the month of December!

December is Christmas month so it is a whole month of treats (SHOCK) This may take a bit extra work but it is totally worth it. The daughter loves roast tatties. 

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Ultimate Crispy Roast Potatoes

Ingredients

  • 1 kg Potatoes
  • 1 tbsp plain flour

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 6.
  • Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil, add the potatoes, then boil for 5 mins.
  • Drain the potatoes well, then place them back in the pot and shake to roughed up the edges a little.
  • Tip into your largest roasting tin and sprinkle with the flour and some salt. Stir, then drizzle over the oil and stir again so that no dusty flour remains.

Notes

TIP – Oil your pan first so the tatties won’t stick.
  • Boil potatoes till just soft
  • Drained the potatoes
  • Place back into pot and shake to roughens the edges
  • Duck fat
  • Yummy duck fat
  • Place potatoes in to roast
Ultimate Crispy Roast Potatoes

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