Dorayaki

Who love these Japanese treat?? Weird enough Indonesians DO NOT have many desserts with red bean paste. Only green beans like bakpiah and Es Kacang Ijo. Looked for dried red beans over in Grandlucky and nothing labelled kacang merah but Kacang Es instead !????!

So made the paste by soaking the beans overnight and slow cooking it. Once softened, I popped it in the blender and cook it over slow fire with pandan leaf, and sugar until thickened.

For the Dorayaki batter it's also the lazy method for me. The blender method.

2 eggs

80g sugar

1 tbsp honey 

First blend the eggs and sugar & honey until light and foamy. Then add the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth.

130g all purpose flour

70ml water 

1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda

Set aside for the batter to rest for 30 minutes. If the batter has thickened after resting add another 1-2 tablespoon of water and blend again. 

Use a non stick pan and use a ladle to get equal size pancakes. The tip

To get a nice even crust is to NOT use any oil while cooking the pancakes. Once brown, flip over and cook the other side.

Let the pancakes cool before adding the filling. And then sandwich them

My favourite filling is red bean mixed with whipped cream. The texture is light and creamy. You can also fill them up with cream cheese, Nutella, chocolate spread. Each batter makes 16 pancakes / 8 Dorayaki.