Pancakes on the water - the hostess can still agree with this, but on the water and without eggs - this will seem like a lot of culinary nonsense. After all, there must be a product that binds and connects the ingredients of the dough to each other.
But it turns out, in addition to eggs, other products can cope with this role: vegetable oils (olive, sunflower) and even bananas.
What are the benefits of lean pancakes?
What is the lean pastry deserved its love, even among those housewives, in whose families fasting is not observed? There are several reasons for this, and they are quite weighty:
- Allergies to lactose and gluten make people stick to the strictest diet and exclude from their diet most of the delicious dishes, including pancakes with milk (or other dairy products) and eggs. But the fast pancakes on the water do not include products-allergens and are not inferior in taste to their fellows;
- Low calorie. In an effort to lose weight, it is not difficult to fall into depression and depression because of the total restriction in high-calorie (but so tasty) food, resulting in night gluttony and a new weight gain. It is possible to grow thin tasty, preparing low-calorie tasty (including flour) dishes. Lenten pancakes are a prime example of this;
- Efficiency. This pastry is such a recipe for “porridge from an ax”, when there was nothing in the kitchen except water flour and vegetable oil, which are several times cheaper than products from classic pancakes.
Classic recipe
The classic version of lean pancakes contains a minimum of ingredients in its composition, but this does not make the pastry worse and can be served with different types of toppings or as a separate dish with jam, honey or jam.
For the test should take the ingredients in the following ratio:
- 60 g white crystalline sugar;
- 500 ml of purified drinking water;
- 320 g of wheat flour;
- 3 g of salt;
- 5 g of soda;
- 50 ml of vegetable oil.
It will take no more than 60 minutes to prepare this fast food, taking into account the time it takes to proof the dough.
Calorie per 100 g of ready pancakes - 187.9 kcal.
Cooking fast pancakes on water without eggs, step by step:
- In a bowl (bowl or pan) of the appropriate size combine all the dry ingredients: salt, soda, sugar and flour. Stir everything up;
- Then gradually pour water into the dry mixture and stir, bringing the dough to the desired density. Such a little trick will help prevent the appearance of lumps;
- Add vegetable oil to the finished liquid filling dough, stir everything and leave for a quarter of an hour so that all the ingredients have time to "make friends" with each other;
- In a hot and greased pancake pan bake pancakes, finely spreading the dough on a hot surface.
How to make thin pancakes on the water without eggs
In the classic version of this dish, soda is used for appetizing holes in pancakes, but you can do without it at all, using soda water. Particularly bold cooks use Sprite instead of water, but for the first time it’s better to limit it to water.
The list of products that will be needed during the preparation process:
- 200 ml of highly carbonated water;
- 200 ml of boiling water;
- 300 g of wheat flour;
- 30 grams of sugar;
- 60 ml of vegetable oil (odorless is better);
- 3 g of salt.
The cooking time is the same as in the classic recipe - 1 hour.
The nutritional value of the dish is 210.1 kcal per 100 g.
Cooking progress:
- In a saucepan or other container with a lid sift the flour, add sugar and salt. Pour everything with carbonated water, mix quickly and leave for half an hour under the lid;
- After that, pour butter and boiling water into the mixture, stir everything diligently so that the dough is brewed a little;
- Then you can start baking, after having lubricated the pan with vegetable oil. It is necessary to fry pancakes for 1-2 minutes on the one hand and just a few seconds on the other side.
How to cook pancakes on water without eggs on yeast
The use of yeast for kneading dough significantly increases the cooking time, but the end result is openwork round pancakes-suns with a delicious bread aroma.
For one portion of the yeast pancake dough you will need:
- 500 ml of warm (no more than 40 degrees) water;
- 12 g dry instant yeast;
- 35-40 grams of sugar;
- 75 ml of vegetable oil;
- 5 g of salt;
- 300 g of flour;
- 3-5 g vanillin.
The time spent on cooking will be from 2 to 2.5 hours.
Calorie yeast pancakes in this recipe will be 198.5 kcal / 100 g.
The sequence of work:
- In warm water, dissolve the sugar and yeast until a homogeneous mixture;
- In a separate container, mix the flour, vanillin and salt, then pour the dissolved yeast into the flour mixture;
- After the dough becomes homogeneous, pour in vegetable oil, mix everything and leave to heat for 1-1.5 hours;
- From the distance dough bake thin openwork pancakes, do not forget to grease a hot frying pan with butter.
Pancakes from dough on mineral water with semolina (without eggs and milk)
Even if there was no flour at home, you can still pamper your home with delicious thin pancakes.
In this case, semolina will act as a flour substitute, but instead of eggs, of course, you can use vegetable oil, or you can use a ripe overseas fruit - a banana.
He also copes well with the role of the binder ingredient. Mineral water will add pomp and lace to baking.
The list and proportions of products in the composition:
- 100 g of semolina;
- 200 ml of mineral water;
- 100 g of ripe banana pulp;
- 30 grams of sugar;
- 3 g of salt;
- vegetable oil or a piece of bacon to grease the pan.
This pastry is prepared for semolina in just 40-50 minutes.
The nutritional and energy value of the finished dish will be equal to 129.1 kilocalories per 100 grams.
Algorithm of actions:
- Pour mineral water and mix well so as not to form lumps;
- Then put banana pulp, sugar and salt. For flavor you can add a vanilla note;
- Stir the dough well until uniform, to manage here without kitchen appliances will not work, as they say, a blender and mixer to help;
- Then bake 13-14 beautiful and delicate pancakes, preheating well and smearing pancake pan.
Useful tips
Water for pancakes without eggs must be boiled and cooled, otherwise the dough will turn out dark.
Instead of ordinary water, you can use potato broth, tea, fruit juice or pickles to mix the basics.
Lenten pancakes from a mixture of different types of flour are very tasty and fragrant. A portion of wheat flour (approximately ¼) can be replaced with rye, corn or buckwheat.
Another original recipe for lean pancakes is in the next video.
